I went to the account tab in preferences but I don't see the guest account. did this change with Snow Leopard. I want to take the guest account off my laptop.
View 13 RepliesI really like the guest account feature that Leopard (and I'm assuming Snow Leopard) provides.I just got my first Macbook Pro... about a year old running Leopard... part of a client deal (you Mac people just got another application developer interested ).
Anyway.. I'm wondering... I"m getting rid of a few of my other computers on craigslist in the coming weeks and my girlfriend always wants to check her facebook. I'd prefer not to have her accidentally close something important so I setup & configured the guest account. I installed the server admin tools to fully customize the dock/etc.
Two questions however:
1: Thus far the guest account cannot access HTTPS (secure sites) websites. Not in Safari or Google Chrome. Is this an option somewhere? Something I'm missing? I've tried googling for about 30 minutes and have come up blank.
2: Without overwriting the default profile setup (incase I ever want to create new profiles)... is there a way to set a few default things for the Guest user? FOr instance... I know it wipes everything on close... I want it to remember that Google Chrome & Safari have run before (annoying that it asks "do you want this to be the default browser?.. or running the initial safari video).
Feel free to get as technical as you want... as I said I'm a seasoned linux & windows developer getting into the Mac world .
I bought this new MacBook Pro a month ago. When I try logging into my guest account, it froze. I had no other alternative but to get out of it by pressing the power button. Then I tried open a new user account to see if it also has the same problem. Unfortunately it did have the same problem - froze after I logged in. I had done a harddisk check, there seemed to be no problem.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I set up a guest acc several days ago and now it's disable, but the small file size folder still remains in hd/users. Is it ok to delete this folder?
View 2 Replies View Relatedso i have a guest acc on leopard and i had parental control on it and earlier i saw the logs in parental control panel on system prefereces i just wanna know how do u clear the logs? where do i delete them ? can i delete them using the admin acc?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAfter creating a guest account I noticed that anyone uses that account can use my (remembered) secured network connection. Normally, in my network settings, remembering used networks option is checked. When I look into the keychain, I see two entries for my network name. One is in my logins section and the other is in the system section. I suppose, the guest uses the entry which is in the system section. If I delete the entry which is in system section, it is been created again on next connection.
If I do not want any guest to use my network connection, I am having to cancel the remembering used network option and select disconnect on logging out option in airport advanced settings. But; if do this, I am having to select my network and type its password every time I login. I simply want if a guest uses the Guest Account, he wouldn't able to use my network connection without entering the correct password. Is it possible?
SL 10.6.2
I have to have someone use my macbook and I have created a guest account. I want to limit the documents that they can view. Basically I want to keep them out of my financial information.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSo I am the admin on my computer and for some reason I cannot access ANY other account on my computer, I can't even get into the guest account that isn't even password protected. When I try to open a folder it says I don't have privileges to do so. Also when I go to the users folder the other users don't show up. What can I do so that I can have access to these accounts? Please help this is so frustrating that I can't control MY computer.
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI have given up on getting home sharing to work properly amongst all my various computers at home on 10.5 and thought I would use an old style brute force method of simply setting up a file share to share my iTunes library. I set up file sharing to use the Guest account and it works fine for all of my other content. I have tried to create shares of the following directories and can only connect as a registered user (Guest user cannot even see these shares):
/Users/<name>/Music
/Users/<name>/Music/iTunes
I have gone into the terminal and looked at the ACLs on the Music directory (e.g ls -alte) and I can't see anything that would block access, but I am not an expert with this type of ACL. The ACL on the Music directory is this:
0: group:com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 allow search
1: group:everyone deny delete
I have an ACL called 0: group:everyone deny delete on one of my other shares that works fine so this can't be the culprit (more importantly the ACL looks like it is just preventing users from deleting anything).
I am considering having a roommate move in and letting them use my Mac. If I create them a guest account can I ensure that my e-mail and files will be secure by having this second account, or is there another way to accomplish this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro 15" mid 2009..After my 2 year old had a tantrum and threw a toy at my Mac which unfortunately had a drink next to it-with a consequential spillage-my MacBook is rebelling.
Issue: keys Cap lock, R and 4 do not work and Mac boots only in safe mode. Account is pw protected-my pw begins with R and have no guest a/c active. Do i need a new keyboard or is there a cheaper way?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5
New Mac Mini 2009, Apps, user and settings imported from a G4 Cube running Leopard perfectly. When I go to System Prefs - Accounts - Guest and I mark the checkbox "Allow Guests connect to this computer" System Prefs freezes with rainbow pizza. Then, no matter if I kill the application or not, the system is death. If I launch new apps from the dock, they bounce a four five times and then stop but the applications don't launch. Not even I can restart. When all the applications closes the system starts a loop of spinning clock wheel - blue screen - clock wheel - blue screen forever.
This is the second new Mac that has the same exact problem after importing all my data, and it's 100% reproducible. I returned the first one to Apple cause I thought it was a hardware failure. What I have done?
Repair permissions and diks
Reinstall the system
Create a test user and try from there
Try from root user
System log when I click the guest box:
System log after checking Guest User Access:
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini ReportCrash182: Formulating crash report for process securityd23
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer23): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 179 PPID 1 SecurityAgent
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer23): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 178 PPID 1 authorizationhos
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer23): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini ReportCrash182: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/securityd_2009-03-20-174840_Mini.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Mar 20 17:49:41 Mini /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit171: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 268435459
Mar 20 17:49:41 Mini /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit171: CSBackToMyMac::_SCSecKeychainCopySystemKeychain returned NULL
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd190: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 1102
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd190: GetOurLSSessionIDInit(), returned error 0xe2, securitySessionID=0x0 attrs=0 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd62: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd190: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd62: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd190: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash191: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 1102
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash191: GetOurLSSessionIDInit(), returned error 0xe2, securitySessionID=0x0 attrs=0 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd62: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash191: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash194: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 1102
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash194: GetOurLSSessionIDInit(), returned error 0xe2, securitySessionID=0x0 attrs=0 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd62: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash194: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini com.apple.launchd108: catch_mach_exception_raise_state_identity(): thread: 0xa8cf task: 0x8eaf type: 0xa code: 0x2c044 codeCnt: 0x2 flavor: 0x2c054 old_state: 0x2c05c old_stateCnt: 0x2c new_state: 0x2b02c new_stateCnt: 0x2b028
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini com.apple.launchd108 (com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet194): Exited abnormally: Abort trap
Mar 20 17:49:54 Mini ReportCrash195: Formulating crash report for process ReportCrash191
Mar 20 17:49:54 Mini ReportCrash195: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ReportCrash_2009-03-20-174953_Mini.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Mar 20 17:49:54 Mini com.apple.launchd108 (com.apple.ReportCrash191): Exited abnormally: Abort trap
Mar 20 17:49:55 Mini ReportCrash195: Formulating crash report for process quicklookd190
Mar 20 17:49:56 Mini ReportCrash195: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/quicklookd_2009-03-20-174954_Mini.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Mar 20 17:49:55 Mini com.apple.launchd108 (com.apple.quicklook190): Exited abnormally: Abort trap
Mar 20 17:49:55 Mini com.apple.launchd108 (com.apple.quicklook): Throttling respawn: Will start in 5 seconds
I set up a guest acc several days ago and now it's disable, but the small file size folder still remains in hd/users. Is it ok to delete this folder?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a guest account set up on my Airport Extreme. I'm trying to hook up a wireless gaming adapter (xbox) to a Slingbox. It's worked in the past with linksys routers that had no security. When I set up the airport, I set security by default, but I want to remove it from the guest account. I just can't find the way to configure the guest account.
I'm sure is's pretty easy, and just a button I can't find, but if someone could point me in the right direction,
I work for a company that has several Macs available for customers' use. These are basically demo-machines that they can play with, and at the end of each day, the machines are wiped and rebooted.
The way we do this is simple: the machines auto-login to the Guest account, which will wipe the account at the end of the day. Well, getting a few new Macs in this week, I simply copied over the entire Guest user account to the new machines to avoid reloading all the demo content, preferences, etc. And truthfully, the machines have been working great.
Except one thing. The computer keeps giving me that annoying message that says "Safari (or Finder, or System Preferences, or anything!) wants to use keychain 'login'". And asks for the login keychain password. Well here's the thing: the Guest accounts don't have passwords!
So I looked up a little bit on this topic, and did things like... Went to "Keychain List" in the Edit menu of Keychain Access, and deleted both the "login" and "system" keychains. No help. I went to Preferences in Keychain Access and said "Reset My Keychain". When doing this, however, it asks for the new password for the login keychain.
The problem with this is that I cannot leave the field blank! The Guest account doesn't have a password, so how am I supposed to not create a password?
i ve recently activated the default guest account in leopard. However even though when I check in the accounts.prefpane it says that it is on and its 'login only' and when I click on the account it says 'allow guests to login into this computer' and its on.
However when I boot up my machine and click on the guest icon, it wont let me in as it shakes the menu(login failed).
I've recently activated the default guest account in leopard. However even though when I check in the accounts.prefpane it says that it is on and its 'login only' and when I click on the account it says 'allow guests to login into this computer' and its on. However when I boot up my machine and click on the guest icon, it wont let me in as it shakes the menu (login failed).
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just bought my first macbook pro 15" retina display, i already set up the speed of mouse under my acct now i am trying to do the same for the guest acct which I've done it but every time i log out and log back in the speed of the mouse under the guest acct goes back to the way it was before! how can i make it stay?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI really like the guest account feature that Leopard (and I'm assuming Snow Leopard) provides. I just got my first Macbook Pro, about a year old running Leopard, part of a client deal (you Mac people just got another application developer interested ). I am getting rid of a few of my other computers on craigslist in the coming weeks and my girlfriend always wants to check her facebook. I'd prefer not to have her accidentally close something important so I setup & configured the guest account. I installed the server admin tools to fully customize the dock/etc.
Two questions however:
1: Thus far the guest account cannot access HTTPS (secure sites) websites. Not in Safari or Google Chrome. I've tried googling for about 30 minutes and have come up blank.
2: Without overwriting the default profile setup (incase I ever want to create new profiles). Is there a way to set a few default things for the Guest user? For instance, I know it wipes everything on close. I want it to remember that Google Chrome & Safari have run before (annoying that it asks "do you want this to be the default browser?. Or running the initial safari video).
I have a guest acc on leopard and I had parental control on it and earlier I saw the logs in parental control panel on system preferences I just wanna know how do u clear the logs? Where do I delete them? Can I delete them using the admin acc?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently restarted my imac from shut down and it went straight to the guest account. I've also noticed that the dock is empty except for Finder and two other folders. Did something happen during the shutdown process?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
How do I put a password on a guest account
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iMac
Although audio is present in the administrator's account, there is no audio in the guest account. There was guest account audio before today, but something has happened to remove audio.
Info:iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2), 3.4 GHz Intel i7, 16 GB DDR3
I have a MacBook Air with Mac OS X 10.5.7 When i turned on my laptop, the guest account was active and i could login to it. However my own personal admin account was not found on the startup screen. Just the guess account. This occurred overnight. WHERE IS MY ACCOUNT!?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am new to the Mac OS world as I only got a mac one week ago. I'm learning lots of new stuff everyday but can't seem to figure out how to make my applications show up at the Guest Account Dock or even at the Applications folder for that matter. I got Microsoft Office for Mac and it works fine and all on my User account (admin) but i cant make it show up at the applications folder or at the dock so when someone borrows my laptop for some office editing they have to be logged on my account. Is there a way to customize the applications that show up on Guest Accounts?
View 2 Replies View RelatedNew Mac Mini 2009, Apps, user and settings imported from a G4 Cube running Leopard perfectly. When I go to System Prefs - Accounts - Guest and I mark the checkbox "Allow Guests connect to this computer" System Prefs freezes with rainbow pizza. Then, no matter if I kill the application or not, the system is death. If I launch new apps from the dock, they bounce a four five times and then stop but the applications don't launch. Not even I can restart. When all the applications closes the system starts a loop of spinning clock wheel - blue screen - clock wheel - blue screen forever. This is the second new Mac that has the same exact problem after importing all my data, and it's 100% reproducible. I returned the first one to Apple cause I thought it was a hardware failure. What I have done?
Repair permissions and diks
Reinstall the system
Create a test user and try from there
Try from root user
System log when I click the guest box:
System log after checking Guest User Access:......................
Does anyone know if this recipe for customizing your Mac's Guest Account works under Snow Leopard? It would be great to have tips from people who have done this under Snow Leopard.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI went to the account tab in preferences but I don't see the guest account. Did this change with Snow Leopard. I want to take the guest account off my laptop.
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