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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davegri
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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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