OS X V10.7 Lion :: Guest Account Disabled But Still Shown On Login Screen
Apr 6, 2012
I just noticed that on my login screen, "Guest" appears even though it is disabled. I have not tried to run it, but when I do click on it I get the message that the computer will reboot into the "Guest" mode. I stopped at that point. This can't be normal.
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MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Homebrew 3GHz ASUS PC, Abacus, Sliderule, HP-50
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Apr 18, 2012
I disable the guest user from panel of preferences users and groups but in the login screen but in the login screen still remains. Why?
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iMac (24-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 30, 2012
I would like to be able to configure what applications start when it's logged on using the guest account. For normal accounts you would use the login items option in Users and Groups but this option is not available for the Guest user.Â
I saw this thread from 2010 - [URL] so downloaded the server admin tools for 10.7.2 but the guest account didn't appear in the user list so I presume this has been changed again since Snow Leopard.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Feb 12, 2012
I wanted to let me friend log into my MBA 2010's Guest account. Now I am forced into Disk Utilities after every restart, I can't log back in.What can I do?
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Mac Book Air (2010), Mac OS X (10.7)
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Aug 12, 2010
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?
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Jan 6, 2009
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?
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Oct 20, 2010
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).
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Mar 26, 2009
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?
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Jun 21, 2012
Newly installed osx lion 10.7.4the guest user on the login screen disappeared after fresh installation of osx, and an option "Disable restarting to Safari when screen is locked" on "security & privacy" on preferences panel disappeared as well, its so strange!Â
macbook pro 13" early 2011
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Early 2011, 13.3/120SSD/8GB
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Aug 10, 2009
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).
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Sep 3, 2014
I have a lab of ~30 MacBook Airs running OS 10.9.4. We have MS students login using the Guest account with no password. The Guest account folder is deleted after every logout. Starting this week we are seeing keychain popups saying: A keychain cannot be found to store "Safari." or "Chrome." selecting Reset To Defaults makes no difference.Â
Opening Keychain Access is a slow process, but it does eventually come up. There is no Login keychain. And the Local Items and System Roots keychains are locked and do not open with a blank password.Â
Frankly, I don't want this guest account to be remembering any URL related password. So is there a way to shut down or highly restrict the Keychain functionality? If not, what do I need to do to fix or prevent all these popup messages and system pauses as the MacBook figures out for the nth time that Keychain isn't working as it expects it to?
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Oct 27, 2009
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.
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May 24, 2012
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)
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Jun 2, 2012
A machine we have has 4-5 user accounts on it. The login screen GUI just has one user visible and I can't figure out how to log with my user ID and password. There aren't many places to click & I've tried pretty much every thing I can think of to log in as a different user. Am I missing anything obvious? Is there a chance that only certain accounts are enabled for logging in after a reboot?
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Jun 17, 2012
I just noticed that my User Account Picture does not appear on my Login Screen in OS X 10.7.4 Lion. It never has and I just noticed on another Screen shot of someone else's login screen that their login picture is showing. I kind of like it. Can anyone tell me how to get it to display there? My computer was originally set to autologin when I first got it but I set it to require name and password.
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Mar 1, 2012
Apple writes in its OS X Lion screen sharing description that: "You can remotely log in to a Mac with any user account on that computer and control it, without interrupting someone else who might be using the computer under a different login."Â
Unfortunately, this is not true in my case: When other users are using my 2011 iMac for webbrowsing or DVD watching and I log in on my own acount from my macbook pro, video will stop playing, the spinning wheel sometime appears. The system does not really crash, but wil respond very slowly and in fact is not useable until I as remote user stop my activities or log out. This is not how it should be, especially as the iMac's CPU, memory and network load are very low according to activity monitor's information.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Dec 7, 2014
I was just on my computer tonight nd all of a sudden it restarted, upon rebooting it went to a safari-only mode with a webpage asking me to log into a wifi account and telling me to access Apple support.
- I cannot boot into safe mode, and any other mode I use just brings me to this same screen.
- Everytime I restart the computer it just brings me back to this screen and I can't log into my normal account.
-Â I also cannot access system preferences.
- If I close safari I just get a blank screen with nothing.
- Other solutions have suggested this is a 'theft' location procedure, if so, how do I 'deactivate' this? I have accessed my iCloud 'find my iphone' and there seems to be no way of disabling it. Â
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Feb 19, 2012
When I turn on my computer, it shows that a guest could get onto the internet without a password. I don't want this to happen. I tried disabling the guest account from the settings but it still shows up.
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 11, 2012
lately when booting up my MacBook pro is now asking me to choose my login or guest login even though guest login is disabled. It use to only ask for my password on login
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Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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May 26, 2012
I woke up and tried to update my iphone and my ipad and both are telling me this. I then went to iforgot and reset my password and it still is saying the same thing. Is there a step I forgot? I have no idea what triggered this.
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Mac Pro, Macbook Pro, G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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Apr 16, 2012
For some reason the minus sign is greyed out to delete account.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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May 8, 2012
given the disaster with FileVault 1 under 10.7.3 (passwords logged in plaintext in secure.log...) I changed my laptop to FileVault 2. But now I can't enable a guest account anymore. Have I lost the guest account on this system?Â
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Jun 22, 2012
My Macbook pro with retina display automatically logs into the guest account since my sister used it once. Booting in safe mode gives me the option to choose what account and I've tried changing the settings to disable guest account and to automatically log into my account but nothing works, whatever combo of options i choose it logs into guest account!
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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May 18, 2012
I upgraded to Lion and now I have a guest user account on the log in screen. I want to disable this account. How do I get rid of it?
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iMac
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Jun 26, 2009
My question for the day: how to keep the setting for guest account, without download anything, & simple?
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Apr 29, 2012
If I'm the administrator of a mac running lion can I change something permanatly like the scroll direction on the guest account?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Apr 15, 2010
G4 MDD networked with Mini for approx. 3 years now via a LinkSys BEFSR41 wired router. Ethernet cables are CAT6's with gold-plated ends. Did an erase/install (+ updates) of Panther on G4. ISP is Comcast Cable. Just upgraded my Motorola modem from Surfboard 5100 to SB 5101 yesterday. My network settings are ok...file sharing is turned on...I can ping each 'puter from the other (showing my connection is good).
I have internet access (showing that the router is still good according to Cisco). Now, however, I can't even bring up the window on the G4 asking for my pw....all I get is connection failed, no response from the server. From the Mini, I get Unknown User, incorrect password or login is disabled. I haven't a clue what the problem can be. Everything I do daily depends upon the network connection.
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Mar 20, 2012
Is it possible to install Lion on the guest account and retain Snow Leopard on my own account? Would this be an alternative way to partitioning the disk?
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Jun 2, 2014
every time i enable Guest user.
it displays as other user and asks for a user name and password
how can i make back in to default.. but with out making it a main user!
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Nov 4, 2010
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?
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