deepestfishguy wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 7:49 pm
I would like to set up a Guest account that would not require a password. Is it possible to do this? Are there risks involved in doing this, even if the Guest account is set up without any privileges?
I have four computers setup at school as kiosks that autologin the account "student" which is unprivileged (limited, the student can print and use local software and browser) and can do limited damage. We have physical security for these computers. These accounts do have passwords, but the users do not know the password. The directory /home/student is backed up and can be easily restored should a student do damage to the desktop configuration, but this has not happened in two years. The web browser is fairly well locked down. These computers are only used for this purpose.
However, on MX, the MX User Manager can set up the account, but a bug puts the autologin entry, if you select that, at the bottom of the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, so it is ignored. You would then need to move that line from the bottom to a location above the line that reads autologin-user=false and comment out that line.
So, if you really want a guest account, create it, give it a password (required) that you can tell your guests. It can (optionally) autologin, if you like. Once any other user has used the computer and logged out, the guest account will require a password.