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util-linux package

password recovery gives ICEAuthority could not update

Asked by souprebel

We had to recover /change password
we found instructions on Ubuntu Geek (after we used them realized they were from 2008!)
we used recovery mode
root shell promt
passwd username
new pasword
new password
sync
reboot -f

on reboot we get : could not update ICEAuthority....
Upgrade available and the new pass works for authorization but no menu or desktop come up
we were on natty upgrade is to ocelot on upgrade it says another package management is running
Were these instructions out of date?
Can we fix this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Boot to your users desktop and run:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

Will make you the owner of the home folder and should be ok

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souprebel (souprebel) said : 		#2

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

All this on one line ? in terminal?
or
sudo chown -R
$USER:$USER
 $HOME

Just trying to not miss something
Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

It's one line, no harm in checking. Obviously run it as your user.

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souprebel (souprebel) said : 		#4

chown :missing operand griffin: griffin/home/griffin

this is what I got after

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

You missed a space...

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

You seem to have ran:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER$HOME

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souprebel (souprebel) said : 		#6

Sorry so long to get back

Problem solve with a clean install

There was some other error present and instead decided that a fresh install would be easiest
Thanks all for the prompt and easy instructions! :)