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natski
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Hi all,
I bought my first server recently preinstalled with Ubuntu 11.04 Server. To my surprise, there was no GUI so I installed a GUI using sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
After startup, I get a login screen with options 'default user', 'other user' and 'guest'. When I click default user and type in a random (i.e. wrong) password a message flashes up that the password is invalid as expected. When I type in the correct password for the only user registered on the system the monitor turns off for a second then turns back on with the same screen as before on. i.e. there is no 'invalid password' message or anything. The same thing happens when I click 'other user' and type in my username and password.
As a result, I can't login! The only way I can get in is a guest but then I can't sudo anything or really do anything on the system, so it's useless.
What's going on here?
natski
I bought my first server recently preinstalled with Ubuntu 11.04 Server. To my surprise, there was no GUI so I installed a GUI using sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
After startup, I get a login screen with options 'default user', 'other user' and 'guest'. When I click default user and type in a random (i.e. wrong) password a message flashes up that the password is invalid as expected. When I type in the correct password for the only user registered on the system the monitor turns off for a second then turns back on with the same screen as before on. i.e. there is no 'invalid password' message or anything. The same thing happens when I click 'other user' and type in my username and password.
As a result, I can't login! The only way I can get in is a guest but then I can't sudo anything or really do anything on the system, so it's useless.
What's going on here?
natski
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