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wget -c https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/lightdm/1.22.0-0ubuntu2.1/lightdm_1.22.0-0ubuntu2.1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf lightdm_1.22.0-0ubuntu2.1.tar.gz
mv lightdm-1.22.0/debian/guest-account.sh /usr/sbin/guest-account
chown root:root /usr/sbin/guest-account
chmod 755 /usr/sbin/guest-account
mkdir -p /usr/share/lightdm/guest-session/skel/
mv lightdm-1.22.0/debian/guest-session-setup.sh /usr/share/lightdm/guest-session/setup.sh
chown -R root:root /usr/share/lightdm
chmod 755 /usr/share/lightdm/guest-session/setup.sh
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nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
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greeter-hide-users=false
greeter-allow-guest=true
allow-guest=true
If you want a more customized guest session, you can first create a real user:
Don’t forget to replace username with the user name that you want to create:
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adduser username
(optional) you can add the user you created to the sudo group to have sudo access.
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usermod -aG sudo username
Log in to the user account just created and change things to what you want your guests encounter at startup.
Now we create a symbolic link to the home directory of the user account "username":
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sudo mkdir /etc/guest-session
sudo ln -s /home/username /etc/guest-session/skel