LightDm does not have permission to read path (xubuntu Greeter Settings)

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You should give permissions to the image (at least read permission to read the image in the path).

Just write in prompt:

sudo chmod ugo+rx /Path/Of/The/Picture.png

or

sudo chmod 555 /Path/Of/The/Picture.png

Or you can change the permissions recursively (to the directory and the internal files) with "-R" :

sudo chmod ugo+rx -R /Path/Of/The/Picture/Folder

or

sudo chmod 555 -R /Path/Of/The/Picture/Folder
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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • davegri
    davegri about 1 year

    I'm trying to set a custom background for the login screen through "LightDm GTK+ Greeter Settings:

    whatever path I set I get an exclamation point next to the word Background with the error (on hover):

    LightDm does not have permission to read path
    

    these are the permissions for /usr/share/backgrounds:

    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep  7 18:13 .
    

    here are the permissions for ~/wallpapers

    drwxrwxr-x 2 david david 4096 Sep  7 11:59 /home/david/wallpapers
    

    neither of these locations work..

    I also tried /usr/share/wallapers and it didn't work either