Help can't login!

[Pete Smout]

@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
sent from my HTC.
On Sep 15, 2013 9:30 PM, "Bill Stanley" <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
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> On 09/15/2013 04:09 PM, Bahn, Nathan wrote:
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>> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
>>> sent from my HTC.
>>> On Sep 15, 2013 9:03 PM, "Bahn, Nathan" <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> > > @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with
you!
>>> > > sent from my HTC.
>>> > > On Sep 15, 2013 8:47 PM, "Bahn, Nathan" <nathan.bahn at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> > >> > Hi,
>>> > >> > Just rebooted my 13.04 laptop, and I cannot login, lightdm comes
up, I
>>> > >> > enter
>>> > >> > my password, and end up back at the login screen!
>>> > >> > I can get in with another user account, but it does not have root
>>> > >> > access, so
>>> > >> > I can only view logs on syslog viewer, not all logs! As in not
the
>>> > >> > lightdm
>>> > >> > log or the greater log, which I can see in the file broswer but
not
>>> > >> > open!
>>> > >> > I have changed the passed of my account (after the trouble
started) to
>>> > >> > see
>>> > >> > if it was authentication problem, but no change.
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > Any ideas gratefully received.
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > Pete Smout
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Do you know how to access the command line interface?
>>> > >
>>> > > Yes I can login to a shell using my name and passwd.....?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > please try:
>>> > $ su -l XXX
>>> > where XXX =your login ID (please note "-l" is NOT the number one)
>>> > --
>>> Tried that asks for my sudo passwd then back to prompt no other output!
>>> Thanks for your help
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>>
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> WS=> It sounds to me like your admin (sudo) password became corrupted.
Maybe you could boot up with a Live disk or a flash drive installation.
Once you have booted up, the sudo password is null.  Sudo will ask for the
root password but since you booted with a Live disk (or flash drive) just
press <ENTER>.    Then go to Users and Groups and try to reset the password
on your admin account.
>
> I don't know if this will work but I have used this method to run root
privilege programs and it worked for me.
>>
Thanks for the idea but my credentials appear fine, I can log in to shell,
run 'root' things like sudo apt-get update without getting tripped up by
incorrect passwords!
I think (although I'm likely wrong!) That somehow lightdm is trying to log
me in as root, and it is falling against incorrect permissions, as I don't
log in as root normally reserve that for emergencies ;-)
Pete
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