12.04 - cannot define a further user.

Asked by Thomas Kadmon

after defining a new user, I cannot log on to that user. The system appears to accept the logon, but the logon screen remains in effect. How can I correct theis?

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#1

what you doing for adding a user ??

do as follows

open terminal by CLTR+ALT+T then run command

sudo useradd -p <user_name>

(it will ask you first your current user password after that it will ask for new password for new user)

Thanks

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#2

Many thanks, but your suggestion did not work. The reply to 'sudo
useradd -p <uid>' (after I entered my admin password) was a list of options.

I had originally defined a user via 'system settings' > 'User Accounts'
with a password. On logging off from my admin user and attempting to
logon to the new user, the screen issues a three line message that
disappears to quickly for me to read it and returns to the login panel.

On 05/14/2012 12:05 PM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> what you doing for adding a user ??
>
>
> do as follows
>
> open terminal by CLTR+ALT+T then run command
>
> sudo useradd -p<user_name>
>
> (it will ask you first your current user password after that it will ask
> for new password for new user)
>
> Thanks
>

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#3

try logging in Ubuntu 2D

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#4

and sorry for useradd command

you have to enter password in same line either for example ..

sudo useradd <username> -p <password>

or you can do it with another step ..

sudo useradd <username>

the change password using

sudo passwd <username>

Thanks and sorry for wrong steps.

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#5

On 05/14/2012 12:45 PM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> and sorry for useradd command
>
> you have to enter password in same line either for example ..
>
> sudo useradd<username> -p<password>
>
> or you can do it with another step ..
>
> sudo useradd<username>
>
> the change password using
>
> sudo passwd<username>
>
> Thanks and sorry for wrong steps.
>

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#6

Sorry for the last mail with no text.

I was now able to define the user via 'useradd <uid> -p <pw>'. The
system appears to have accepted the definition, but the user does not a
appear on ubuntu's login panel.

Thanks in advance,

T. Kadmon

On 05/14/2012 12:45 PM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> and sorry for useradd command
>
> you have to enter password in same line either for example ..
>
> sudo useradd<username> -p<password>
>
> or you can do it with another step ..
>
> sudo useradd<username>
>
> the change password using
>
> sudo passwd<username>
>
> Thanks and sorry for wrong steps.
>

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#7

i think you doing something wrong .. what exactly you doing ??

useradd <use_name> do not enter word uid here ... give a user name for example

sudo useradd thomas

then

sudo passwd thomas

Neways come to you original problem

have you tried with ubuntu 2D did you able to login with ubuntu 2D

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#8

A slight misunderstanding here. I used 'uid' as a token for the user
name and 'pw' as a token for the password, both of which I entered
correctly in the command.

I could not log on to ubuntu or onto ubuntu 2D (what is that, by the
way?) with user defined via user accounts in systems settings.

I could not log on to ubuntu with the user defined on the terminal,
because that user does not appear in the logon panel.

Thanks.

On 05/14/2012 02:30 PM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/19714I used the 7
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> i think you doing something wrong .. what exactly you doing ??
>
> useradd<use_name> do not enter word uid here ... give a user name for
> example
>
> sudo useradd thomas
>
> then
>
> sudo passwd thomas
>
>
> Neways come to you original problem
>
> have you tried with ubuntu 2D did you able to login with ubuntu 2D
>

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#9

When you try to login see the ubuntu icon above login fram... Click on that
icon you will see two option
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 2D
Select ubuntu 2D and try to login user you made with settings -> user
management...

Revert back if any difficulty..
Thanks
On May 14, 2012 6:30 PM, "Thomas Kadmon" <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> Thomas Kadmon is still having a problem:
> A slight misunderstanding here. I used 'uid' as a token for the user
> name and 'pw' as a token for the password, both of which I entered
> correctly in the command.
>
> I could not log on to ubuntu or onto ubuntu 2D (what is that, by the
> way?) with user defined via user accounts in systems settings.
>
> I could not log on to ubuntu with the user defined on the terminal,
> because that user does not appear in the logon panel.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 05/14/2012 02:30 PM, Jeet wrote:
> > Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/19714I used the 7
> >
> > Status: Open => Answered
> >
> > Jeet proposed the following answer:
> > i think you doing something wrong .. what exactly you doing ??
> >
> > useradd<use_name> do not enter word uid here ... give a user name for
> > example
> >
> > sudo useradd thomas
> >
> > then
> >
> > sudo passwd thomas
> >
> >
> > Neways come to you original problem
> >
> > have you tried with ubuntu 2D did you able to login with ubuntu 2D
> >
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#10

Tried that - didn't work.

On 05/14/2012 07:10 PM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> When you try to login see the ubuntu icon above login fram... Click on that
> icon you will see two option
> Ubuntu
> Ubuntu 2D
> Select ubuntu 2D and try to login user you made with settings -> user
> management...
>
> Revert back if any difficulty..
> Thanks
> On May 14, 2012 6:30 PM, "Thomas Kadmon"<
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197147
>>
>> Status: Answered => Open
>>
>> Thomas Kadmon is still having a problem:
>> A slight misunderstanding here. I used 'uid' as a token for the user
>> name and 'pw' as a token for the password, both of which I entered
>> correctly in the command.
>>
>> I could not log on to ubuntu or onto ubuntu 2D (what is that, by the
>> way?) with user defined via user accounts in systems settings.
>>
>> I could not log on to ubuntu with the user defined on the terminal,
>> because that user does not appear in the logon panel.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On 05/14/2012 02:30 PM, Jeet wrote:
>>> Your question #197147 on Ubuntu changed:
>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/19714I used the 7
>>>
>>> Status: Open => Answered
>>>
>>> Jeet proposed the following answer:
>>> i think you doing something wrong .. what exactly you doing ??
>>>
>>> useradd<use_name> do not enter word uid here ... give a user name for
>>> example
>>>
>>> sudo useradd thomas
>>>
>>> then
>>>
>>> sudo passwd thomas
>>>
>>>
>>> Neways come to you original problem
>>>
>>> have you tried with ubuntu 2D did you able to login with ubuntu 2D
>>>
>> --
>> You received this question notification because you are a direct
>> subscriber of the question.
>>

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#11

Ok...
It can be a bug but we have to first explore some things... I will let you
know

Thanks
On May 15, 2012 2:35 AM, "marcobra (Marco Braida)" <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Question #197147 on ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+question/197147
>
> Project: Ubuntu => ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu
>
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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#12

see if auto login is enabled for your user if it is enabled please disable it ..

if you found auto login is disabled for your user ....

suggest you first connect to internet and issue this command in terminal..

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

then try again...

if still problem persist suggest you to report a bug..

thanks

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Thomas Kadmon (t-kadmon) said :
#13

Good morning.

I entered the 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade' command and
got the following error messages:

    W: Failed to fetch
    http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/source/Sources
    404 Not Found [IP: 141.30.13.10 80]

    E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
    old ones used instead.

I then tried to login anyway, with ubuntu AND with ubuntu2D and with
auto login set to 'OFF', and was still returned to the login panel
without the user logging on.

On 05/15/2012 03:20 AM, Jeet wrote:
> Your question #197147 on ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+question/197147
>
> Jeet proposed the following answer:
> see if auto login is enabled for your user if it is enabled please
> disable it ..
>
> if you found auto login is disabled for your user ....
>
> suggest you first connect to internet and issue this command in
> terminal..
>
> sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> then try again...
>
> if still problem persist suggest you to report a bug..
>
> thanks
>

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said :
#14

suggest you Report a bug

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