Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm assuming operator problem as I get same symptoms on: > two laptops each running different Debian releases (6.8, 9.1). > [both using MATE desktop] > two different media (32Gb USB flash, 240 Gb USB SSD). > > Logged in as 'richard' I use Gparted (providing root password) to > repartition the drive. As I'm diagnosing problems I do a power off/on > cycle to force a cold boot. > > After login in as either 'richard' or 'root' permissions are displayed > as "could not be determined".
Sounds like maybe UID issues between the installs. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281