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Old 03-10-2012, 11:11 AM   #1
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fedora user authentication problem


I am having a authentication failure at gui login in fedora 16 using user1 while i was able to login in terminal by pressing alt+ctrl+f2
than created a new user from terminal user2 and tried the gui login it worked.
I want to know how can i fix user1 gui login problem.
 
Old 03-11-2012, 06:31 AM   #2
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Not sure what the problem is, but I'd do it by brute force - I'd back up the important stuff in user1's home directory, then delete user1, recreate user1, and then restore user1's home directory contents.
 
Old 03-11-2012, 11:22 PM   #3
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Thanks for help but i can't delete the user1 as the machine is being used as a server.
 
  


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