* ScruLoose (scruloose+debuser@eastlink.ca) [030602 21:42]: > Hey all, > > I'm wondering whether there's any 'standard' way to set up a guest > account on my machine. It would be mostly used for friends coming over > and wanting to check Hotmail in Mozilla, and such. > > Now, I'm sure I could just add a regular user of name 'guest' and then > start restricting access manually, but I seem to remember there being > some utility for doing this automatically; and it could get kinda > crazy-complicated to do it all by hand (for example, I see no need for > Exim to be aware of the guest user)... If your friends really are your friends[1] -- that is, you're not too worried about security -- there are many easy ways of doing this. You could even just allow them to use your own account. On a desktop machine at home, I allow my own user account to log in to gdm without a password, so my girlfriend can use my account without me trying to spell out my password. I use pam_listfile to specify that its sufficient for a username to be in my /etc/gdmusers file to allow login sans password. The machine's off right now, so I can't paste in the line, but if you want it, I can do it tomorrow; just ask. I'd bet you could figure it out yourself if you look at the linux pam system administrator's guide for pam_listfile and the use of "sufficient". [1] friends don't let friends use hotmail, though... good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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