[lug] Unhiding Ubuntu Accounts

[Davide Del Vento]

> On 11/25/20 1:57 PM, D. Stimits wrote:

> > > 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.
> >
> > Well if you want to. It's kind of a Windows way to fix things and you'll
> > never learn what was actually going on.
>
> You are of course correct. Unfortunately, I have been working on this
> since Friday of last week, have been fixing issues since then, and want it
> online before tonight. Much more fun when there is no time crunch. :(
>
>
The problem with "learning" stuff these days is that if it's something you
don't use daily (or at least weekly), it's useless. Probably next month,
and certainly next year most things have changed and what you learned is of
little if any use. Sure you will learn the thought process and the
sleuthing (if you are not familiar with those), but the actual technical
issues per se won't happen again. Call me retrograde, but I wish I could
still use LILO: I learned it so well. Or at least the earlier grub: I come
so close to understand it...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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