adding a user in Ubuntu 12.04

orion456 · May 11, 2015

In Ubuntu 12.04 I entered in terminal mode the command

sudo adduser bucky

followed by

sudo passwd bucky

and then enter a simple 4 letter password, which Ubuntu asks me to repeat and I did.

But when I then try to log into that account, it accepts the password, the screen goes blank for about 5 seconds and then it returns to the password screen as if it wants the password again. If I type in the wrong password it immediately tells me its wrong.

Why can't I log into my new user name?

Thanks for your help.

...................SOLUTION FOUND.......................................

instead of "adduser" use "newuser"

Ubuntu will ask you for the password after setting up the proper files.

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

Can you take a screenshot of System > Administration > Users and Groups for us?
The Properties there for user bucky could possibly clue us in as well, when compared to the main user.

orion456 · May 11, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Can you take a screenshot of System > Administration > Users and Groups for us?
The Properties there for user bucky could possibly clue us in as well, when compared to the main user.

How do I take a screen shot in Ubuntu?

How do i get to system admin users ?

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

orion456 said:
How do I take a screen shot in Ubuntu?

How do i get to system admin users ?

Print Screen.

Either the dash or the power cog should have a button to get to System.

orion456 · May 11, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Print Screen.

Either the dash or the power cog should have a button to get to System.

System is a set of icons none of which are labeled administration, one is labeled users accounts but
it doesn't list properties beyond administrator for me and "standard" for bucky. ie: I need more help finding
administration etc

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

Try the command gnome-control-center and see if that pulls up the right window.

orion456 · May 11, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Try the command gnome-control-center and see if that pulls up the right window.

produces the same system window with icons

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

Can you try adding the user account through they GUI they show here?
http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Managing_Ubuntu_Linux_Users_and_Groups

orion456 · May 11, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Can you try adding the user account through they GUI they show here?
http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Managing_Ubuntu_Linux_Users_and_Groups

that took me to a windows program that it wanted to install, which is entirely weird.

there are a few reports on the net about ubuntu 12.04 not allowing access to new users but no real answers as to what to do about it

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

Weird indeed...

That's interesting, it makes me wonder if you've just hit a bug that people don't know how to fix.
Have you thought about using a newer version?

orion456 · May 11, 2015

ATMINSIDE said:
Weird indeed...

That's interesting, it makes me wonder if you've just hit a bug that people don't know how to fix.
Have you thought about using a newer version?

I just installed this version so I could fold properly on it and now I need to make accounts so my folding account is protected. I don't really want to install all that stuff again if I can help it.

ATMINSIDE · May 11, 2015

orion456 said:
I just installed this version so I could fold properly on it and now I need to make accounts so my folding account is protected. I don't really want to install all that stuff again if I can help it.

Out of curiosity, have you tried setting a blank password or resetting the password?

This thread seems to have some good things to try:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2145172

pcgamer4life · May 11, 2015

Can you ssh into the new account?

ssh bucky@localhost

orion456 · May 11, 2015

pcgamer4life said:
Can you ssh into the new account?

ssh bucky@localhost

the reply is:

ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused

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ATMINSIDE said:
Out of curiosity, have you tried setting a blank password or resetting the password?

This thread seems to have some good things to try:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2145172

I can't make a blank password but if I change the password, it clearly is changed but still the same result, blank screen, few seconds, returns to ask for the password again

Stratus_ss · May 11, 2015

You need to check the logs... I am surprised no one has mentioned this.

I believe Ubuntu logs are /var/log/syslog.

Best way to do this is to either A) tail the file while attempting to log in or B) attempt to log in, then as your 'good' user go look at the last several entries and see what Ubuntu thinks is happening

orion456 · May 11, 2015

Stratus_ss said:
You need to check the logs... I am surprised no one has mentioned this.

I believe Ubuntu logs are /var/log/syslog.

Best way to do this is to either A) tail the file while attempting to log in or B) attempt to log in, then as your 'good' user go look at the last several entries and see what Ubuntu thinks is happening

how do I open the log from the terminal?

It seems there are several logs called syslog.....specifically syslog.1 syslog.2 etc

Stratus_ss · May 11, 2015

Just FYI, ubuntu doesnt have ssh installed by default. I believe it calls the package openssh-server

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orion456 said:
how do I open the log from the terminal?

It seems there are several logs called syslog.....specifically syslog.1 syslog.2 etc

So from the terminal you can use: less, more, cat, vi, nano, tail etc

I prefer *less* when just reading. Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down (as well as home/end pgup/pgdown) and press 'q' when ready to quit.

As for the syslog.[1,2,3,4]. After a certain point the system rotates the logs (sometimes its time based sometimes its number of entries in a file). So for example you have a brand new system it writes to /var/logl/syslog. Say you configure it for 10,000 lines (for example). At 10,001 it renames syslog to syslog.1. When it reaches 20,001 it renames syslog.1 to syslog.2 and syslog to syslog.1.

Make sense?

So in your case, you only care about the most recent entries which will be in just syslog

orion456 · May 12, 2015

There is no syslog just syslog.1 .2 etc

You need to be more specific please, I know almost nothing about Ubuntu and even less seems to work because its the wrong version etc.

By "less" do you mean typing sudo less /var/log/syslog.1 or something else?

Once I have this log, how do I show it to you?

Stratus_ss · May 12, 2015

orion456 said:
There is no syslog just syslog.1 .2 etc

So to identify the last used file run

Code:

ls -lrt /var/log

This will sort the most recently used file to the bottom of your screen (so that you dont have to scroll. The syslog file which is nearest to the bottom is the one you would need to look at.

You need to be more specific please, I know almost nothing about Ubuntu and even less seems to work because its the wrong version etc.

By "less" do you mean typing sudo less /var/log/syslog.1 or something else?

That is correct *sudo less <file name>* will open the log file in less.

Once I have this log, how do I show it to you?

Do you have a desktop UI (I am assuming yes?) It doesnt matter which user reads the log file so long as they have sudo access. Therefore you should be able to copy from the terminal window, to the browser.

When you paste into the forum here, make sure that you use the

Code:

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orion456 · May 15, 2015

I'm just working on another project, I will get back to this one late next week.

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