[lug] Unhiding Ubuntu Accounts

[D. Stimits]

> On 11/25/2020 12:26 PM Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:
> 
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> On 11/25/20 1:12 PM, D. Stimits wrote:
> > Anyone know how to unhide a name so the X login shows it?
> 
> As far as I know you need a user entry in /etc/passwd and in 
> /etc/shadow. The /etc/passwd entry must have a valid shell assigned, and 
> a UID of 1000 or higher. Not 65535.
> 
> Make sure /etc/shadow has a valid unlocked password entry. If you can 
> log in as that user then it probably does.
> 
> Other than that, I would try using the tools to add a new user. If the 
> new user works I'd look for the differences between that one and your user.

Looks like all of that was correct, e.g., ID number. This was actually an issue of using usermod to rename the account which already had all of those settings enabled, but the X GUI login itself still uses the old name which does not even exist now. It is a new system, so I am going to just see if I can install some other version of Linux while there is nothing to harm.

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