Can't login as administrator, only as Guest. Once correct password is typed using Administrator as user, screen goes black and then returns to login. As Guest I cannot access external drives, etc. Also cannot shutdown.

[Peter Farnham]

Just installed Oneiric Ocelot and cannot Login as Administrator. Once correct password is typed using Administrator as user, screen goes black and then returns to login. Password is correct as I have not changed it for a long time and, as Guest, I can provide password to check for updates and the password is accepted. As Guest I cannot access external drives, etc. Also, the system won't let me shutdown - I must disconnect the power.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gksu 2.0.2-5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 16 17:41:28 2011
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gksu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dik Allison (dik-allison)]

Exactly the same problem.
Ubuntu server with GUI on top. Worked perfectly with Natty. Failed on upgrade to Ocelot. Had problem with 'waiting for network configuration', which I solved using well documented patch.
I have installed gnome as well as Unity (after problem arose) and login as administrator just loops back to login screen. Choosing recovery console or gnome makes no difference. Other users login no problem, but have few privileges.
Can login to command prompt as admin no problem.
Don't know if it's relevant, but sometimes it flashes nvidia logo briefly before looping back to login.

Dr Dik Allison

[Dik Allison (dik-allison)]

auth.log entries when trying to connect as user 'dik':

Oct 25 00:53:46 userver lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "dik"
Oct 25 00:53:51 userver lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session): session closed for user lightdm
Oct 25 00:53:51 userver lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user dik by (uid=0)
Oct 25 00:53:51 userver lightdm: pam_ck_connector(lightdm:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Oct 25 00:53:53 userver lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-autologin:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0)
Oct 25 00:53:53 userver lightdm: pam_ck_connector(lightdm-autologin:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Oct 25 00:53:53 userver lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "dik"
Oct 25 00:53:53 userver dbus[1239]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.81" (uid=122 pid=5603 comm="/usr/lib/indicator-datetime/indicator-datetime-ser") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.16" (uid=0 pid=1915 comm="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon ")

[Dik Allison (dik-allison)]

just added new user (dik3) using webmin and told it to use /home/dik as its home directory (user dik is problem). dik3 shows same looping problem - it seems problem is a setting in ~/ somewhere.

[Dik Allison (dik-allison)]

Just added all the groups that dik (root) has to dik2 privileges and dik2 can still log in OK. Privs are:

adm, admin, cdrom, dialout, kvm, libvirtd, lp, lpadmin, plugdev, sambashare, vboxusers.

Even with these privileges, dik2 cannot mount USB drives ('Not Authorized').

If you deliberately enter wrong password for dik (root user), login screen correctly says 'invalid password'. On entering correct p/w, login screen just loops.

[Dik Allison (dik-allison)]

Found a work-around. I have GDM installed as well as lightdm. I typed:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

to tell the system to use GDM instead of lightdm. Everything now works, but I still need permanent fix so I can stay 'standard' with lightdm.

[Peter Farnham (macfarp)]

Many thanks for that.

PF

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On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Dik Allison <email address hidden>wrote:

> Found a work-around. I have GDM installed as well as lightdm. I typed:
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
>
> to tell the system to use GDM instead of lightdm. Everything now works,
> but I still need permanent fix so I can stay 'standard' with lightdm.
>
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> Title:
> Can't login as administrator, only as Guest. Once correct password is
> typed using Administrator as user, screen goes black and then returns
> to login. As Guest I cannot access external drives, etc. Also cannot
> shutdown.
>
> Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Just installed Oneiric Ocelot and cannot Login as Administrator. Once
> correct password is typed using Administrator as user, screen goes
> black and then returns to login. Password is correct as I have not
> changed it for a long time and, as Guest, I can provide password to
> check for updates and the password is accepted. As Guest I cannot
> access external drives, etc. Also, the system won't let me shutdown -
> I must disconnect the power.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: gksu 2.0.2-5ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Oct 16 17:41:28 2011
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gksu
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (0 days ago)
>
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