Login Loop and strange PWD

Question

I'm getting the infinite log in loop on Ubuntu for just one of my user accounts - I've tried all of the recommended solutions (modifying .Xauthority, /temp/ and using lightdm)

Strangely when I ctrl+shift+f3 and login to the problem account - my working directory is "/" rather than "/home/username/"

Incase it is relevant, my the permissions for the problem account are dr-------- 31 usrnm usrnm ...

Does anybody know how I can fix or troubleshoot?

Thanks for any help!

You got it in one thanks very much! I ran sudo chmod a+rwx /home/usrnm/ and can now log in! — deep_bleu, Jul 26 '21 at 09:57
Does this answer your question? Can't log in my ubuntu laptop, login loop — muru, Jul 26 '21 at 10:06
Hi, I had tried this solution and failed because "~" was directing to "~" - now that I understand the problem it was on the right lines — deep_bleu, Jul 26 '21 at 10:17
@Charlie griffin, please, don't put SOLVED in the title, but write an answer with the solution you found. — Lorenz Keel, Jul 26 '21 at 10:22

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 26 '21 at 12:29

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(Solution with thanks to muru)

The problem was with the permissions for /home/usrnm/. I fixed it by logging into the problem account by Ctrl+Shift+F3 and then running sudo chmod a+rwx /home/usrnm/

edited Jul 26 '21 at 12:29

Lorenz Keel

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answered Jul 26 '21 at 12:07

deep_bleu

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More usual permissions would be u=rwx,go=rx or octal 755 (you don't really want *all to be able to write to your home dir) – steeldriver Jul 26 '21 at 13:22

Login Loop and strange PWD

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