One user can't log in
I have a /home directory on its own partition that is shared by three
other linux systems, all Debian based, and until I tried some group
changes (for the experience), everything worked fine----the user and
root were both able to log in to KDE, Gnome, and X in all 4 linux systems.
After I messed around with the group changes, only root was able to log
on in all 4 systems The user is able to log on in terminal only, using
the 'login' command and seems fully operational in terminal. I'm
reluctant to run the graphic modes with root.
Stupidly, I didn't keep notes about the changes I was making so I'm not
able to backtrack to the original settings. I'm assuming that the
problem is caused by the changes I made. I don't remember which group
the user was in originally.
I tried adding a new user and this new user is able to log on the
graphic modes . I tried deleting the original user, restarting and
adding the same username with a different password but this user
still cannot log in to the graphic modes.
I believe the problem is somewhere in the /home directory partition
because all four linux systems share this partition and all four have
the problem. The unlucky user is in this /home directory but so is
the new user that was added after problem started.
I tried reformating and reinstalling one of the systems without
reformatting the shared /home partition. This didn't fix anything.
Someone recently posted a problem where a user couldn't log in to
graphic mode but apparently it involved only one linux system. The
recommended fix was already in place in all my linuxes.
Can anyone offer any suggestions beside "stop doing stupid things"?
alex (the unlucky user)
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