ubuntu 15.10 after upgrade from 14.04 password invalid

Question

Every time I try to log in the password is invalid at login.

The password works ok in tty and boot etc. but not in log in screen. The guest session opens up ok. I tried altering password in grub menu: no joy.

I tried everything posted but no luck yet. Do you have any ideas. Thanks!

Do you have any special character in your password? Or, in other words: are you sure the layout of the keyboard in the graphical environment reflects your real keyboard? If you are not sure I will show you how to do it: what do you use, Gnome, KDE, Mate,... ? — MariusMatutiae, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:28

Jay T. · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-25 18:14:52Z

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try:

sudo chmod -R ug+rwx /home/[username]

answered Feb 25, 2016 at 18:14

Jay T.

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chmod:cannot access /home/[username]:No such file or directory
– vernon
Feb 25, 2016 at 19:58
well I hope you substituted [username] with your username, I am sorry to have not mentioned this in the answer.
– Jay T.
Feb 25, 2016 at 20:01
Command line having to use in tty1
– vernon
Feb 25, 2016 at 20:13
Yes used my username
– vernon
Feb 25, 2016 at 20:17
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@JayT. Recursively changing the permission is a pretty bad idea btw
– Tom Yan
Feb 26, 2016 at 3:02

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