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Every time I boot into Ubuntu I get this error message

Error found when loading /home/user/.profile  
Failed to write reboot parameter file: permission denied

Everything seems to work normally afterwards.
I use GRUB to boot into Windows or Ubuntu on different SSDs.

Any help is appreciated.

This is what my /home/user/.profile looks like:

# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.

the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask


for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.


#umask 022


#pactl set-default-source alsa_input.usb-R__DE_Microphones_R__DE_NT-USB_Mini_0C664231-00.mono-fallback
#pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo


if running bash


if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
    # include .bashrc if it exists
    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
    . "$HOME/.bashrc"
    fi
fi


set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists


if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi


set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists


if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi
Zanna
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Daniel H
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2 Answers2

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I had a faulty alias defined in .bashrc. Removing that solved the problem.

Zanna
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Daniel H
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Below I give tentative solutions. In the meantime, please post the following info:

  1. It seems an error like that should appear not after booting, but after logging into you account, is that correct?
  2. Is user a sudoer?

Tentative solutions:

  1. If user is not a sudoer, try making it so and check if the problem persists.
  2. Try examining boot log files to see if you can identify the problem and/or the file that is causing the reported error, see How to see log to find a boot problem. Then try changing the permissions on that file, or adding user to a group that can write to that file.

Please post feedback in the question on what you get. It is most convenient to post results in markdown formatted text, not as screen captures.

Related:

  1. https://superuser.com/questions/176165/where-linux-places-the-messages-of-boot
sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio
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  • You're right, the message occurred after loggin in the user. user is a memer of the sudo group. It turned out that removing a faulty alias in .bashrc solved the problem. Thank you for your Help! – Daniel H May 13 '21 at 09:07
  • @DanielH - Glad that you solved it... I expected that following the breadcrumbs you could manage. – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio May 13 '21 at 10:48