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Re: User Can Not Log In

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On 02/23/2017 10:47 AM, Dan Norton wrote:
> While playing around with Xfce, startx, and fvwm I've managed to 
> clobber something such that the user can't log in. All attempts result 
> in a fresh login box with my inputs removed. However, it is still 
> possible to log in as root.
>
> I've tried passwd to no avail.
>
> I've tried editing /etc/shadow and removing everything between the 
> first two : (expecting to log in with a blank or no password) to no avail.
>
> To get to this point, I used Xfce on:
> #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1 (2016-12-30)
>
> fvwm was installed using Synaptic and run from an Xfce terminal 
> session. When it did not produce the expected result, I shut down and 
> rebooted. At this point it was no longer possible to log in as user - 
> only as root.
>
> Do I have to rename /home/<user>, delete <user>, then re-define it as 
> a new user and restore its home directory?
> Or is there a better way?
It should be possible to do some serious research and figure out exactly 
which package is croaking, and why, and then edit the configuration file 
for that package in /home/<user>.  But in my experience with similar 
situations, this takes much more time than it is worth.  I have found 
that usually just deleting the configuration files in /home/<user> will 
work.  This is probably easier than the solution that you propose, but 
your solution should work as well, as long as you don't copy back the 
configuration files when you do the restore.
>
> Thanks,
>  - Dan

-- 
73's de Mike, WB5VQX

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Re: User Can Not Log In Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-02-23 19:00 +0100
  Re: User Can Not Log In GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-02-23 23:20 +0100
    Re: User Can Not Log In Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-02-24 02:50 +0100
      Re: User Can Not Log In Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-02-25 02:30 +0100
        Re: User Can Not Log In Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-02-25 02:50 +0100

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