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I had been login to my laptop and there was an update which came in with a prompt to restart. After the restart I can login through the GUI again. I had done all I could find by on google but I am still having the same issue.

I notice the following:

  1. I can't cd /home/user - permission denied

  2. ls -l /home: drw------50 user user 4096 Feb 4 9:34 user (NOT drwx)

    ls -la ~/: I can't find the .Xauthority file along the list

Thomas
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    The directory should have the executable bit set. Run sudo chmod 700 /home/user to fix it, either from a Live-CD or if you can login as root directly on a console. – Thomas Feb 04 '18 at 11:33
  • @Thomas: Wouldn't a laptop with a desktop rather need chmod 755? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Feb 05 '18 at 01:30
  • Well, maybe worth another question. But IMO it depends on who you want to be able to browse your home directory and it is independent of being a server, workstation or notebook. – Thomas Feb 05 '18 at 07:54

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