Cannot change local account icon in KDE Plasma

General system Newbie
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Pretty much the problem is I can’t change my profile picture in System Settings, like the topic title says.
I recently performed a fresh offline reinstall using the Titan Live Environment for security reasons, I do not recall having this issue prior.

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Curiously, creating a .face file does cause the icon to update in System Settings, but it doesn’t affect other places such as the login screen or start menu.

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[nomiddleclass@nomiddleclass-b650mcv3y1 ~]$ fastfetch
                     ./o.                   nomiddleclass@nomiddleclass-b650mcv3y1
                   ./sssso-                 --------------------------------------
                 `:osssssss+-               OS: EndeavourOS x86_64
               `:+sssssssssso/.             Host: B650M C V3-Y1 (Default string-CF)
             `-/ossssssssssssso/.           Kernel: Linux 7.0.14-arch1-1
           `-/+sssssssssssssssso+:`         Uptime: 1 hour, 7 mins
         `-:/+sssssssssssssssssso+/.        Packages: 1286 (pacman)
       `.://osssssssssssssssssssso++-       Shell: bash 5.3.15
      .://+ssssssssssssssssssssssso++:      Display (ASUS VP278): 1920x1080 in 27", 75 Hz [External]
    .:///ossssssssssssssssssssssssso++:     DE: KDE Plasma 6.7.2
  `:////ssssssssssssssssssssssssssso+++.    WM: KWin (Wayland)
`-////+ssssssssssssssssssssssssssso++++-    WM Theme: WhiteSur-dark
 `..-+oosssssssssssssssssssssssso+++++/`    Theme: WhiteSurDark (WhiteSurDark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
   ./++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++/:.      Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
  `:::::::::::::::::::::::::------``        Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
                                            Cursor: WhiteSur (24px)
                                            Terminal: konsole 26.4.2
                                            CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (16) @ 5.05 GHz
                                            GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT [Discrete]
                                            Memory:
                                            Swap: Disabled
                                            Disk (/): 
                                            Local IP 
                                            Locale: en_US.UTF-8

Any suggestions?

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Hi @PRGSPY ,
sudo systemctl edit --full accounts-daemon.service
and modify this line:

ProtectSystem=full

Reboot and hopefully you are done.
(In case you are intereseted how to start investigating similar issues. journalctl -f gives an error message which can be transfered to a search engine.remedy here )

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I’ve had this problem on an updated EOS whereas a machine I have that isn’t online ans hasn’t been updated for a while as it just runs some very specific WINE apps did not have this issue so I think it’s a newly added KDE bug. Thanks for posting and for the answers.