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I have Ububtu 16.04 and recently downloaded an update and ever since I cannot access Ubuntu. at startup screen I am now asks for a password which i never had to use at startup before, when I enter my password that I had setup to verify downloads etc it wont accept it . after I enter my password the screen goes blank and then returns to previous screen asking for password

Bill H
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  • Please consider going to ubuntuforums.org – userDepth Nov 20 '16 at 11:36
  • Possible duplicates: http://askubuntu.com/questions/759871/cant-login-to-ubuntu-16-04-after-upgrade and http://askubuntu.com/questions/759995/after-upgrade-from-14-04-to-16-04-login-screen-runs-in-a-loop-while-console-logi – AnotherKiwiGuy Nov 20 '16 at 13:21
  • @userDepth there's no reason that this user needs to take his question elsewhere. – heynnema Nov 24 '16 at 17:43

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  • replace your_username, shown below, with your username

    1. boot the computer and observe the GRUB menu
    2. choose advanced options
    3. choose root access
    4. type sudo mount -o remount,rw /
    5. type cd /home/your_username
    6. type sudo chown your_username:your_username .ICEauthority
    7. type sudo chown your_username:your_username .Xauthority
    8. type reboot
    9. login like normal
heynnema
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