Pacer,
Thanks for the advice below, but it didn't work. I've given up calling it "Guest" and decided to name it "Visitor", making the password "guest". This worked fine. As far as limiting use, the only thing I'm concerned about others seeing is my home folder, which is inaccessible when logged into a different account. So for now, I've accomplished what I wanted to do; just with a different name. Thank you for taking the time to help,
Zoltan
P.S. I tried creating it without a password, and Mac OS X allowed this; but not without several warnings. To do this, simply leave the password fields empty. Expect the usual security warnings, but it should work. When it comes time to log in, simply click on the "Visitor" or "Guest" name at the login window and it'll automatically log in without a prompt for a password.
On Apr 26, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Pacer wrote:
Zoltan,
I had the same issue you describe here and tried the solutions or queries suggested in this thread but to no avail.
I then tried to create a Guest account.
I made the name "Guest" (case-sensitive). I made the simple name "Guest" (case-sensitive). I then made the password "guest" (case-sensitive).
This worked for me, it might work for you.
Keep in mind that you need to supply a password or the system will supply one for you.
I used the password as the password hint to simplify the guest sign-on.
Also, you will still need to modify and restrict the permissions.
I only set it up to use a few games (Chess, Marble Blast) plus FireFox, AppleWorks and TextEdit.
Hope this helps. Let me know if it does. I only have one system right now to test on.
Cheers, Pacer P.S. I quoted the whole letter because I address the whole letter.
Zoltan Batiz wrote:
Hello all,
The other day I was trying to set up a guest account for other users who would like to use the net for temporary purposes. When I clicked on "new" (the + symbol), and named it "Guest" a dialog box appeared saying there was already a guest account. ?? Am I missing something? Any info would be appreciated. I tried the Mac Help app. but as usual it did nothing for me. I'm running Panther version 10.3.9. Thanks in advance,
Zoltan THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
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