Why does Ubuntu create a guest group when guest account has been disabled?
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I'm using Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.
I've disabled the guest account by creating a 50-no-guest.conf file in
the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d folder, with the following command in the file:
[Seat:*]
allow-guest=false
That eliminated the guest login.
Before removing "Guest" I looked in "Manage Groups" and noticed that the guest creates a group entry. It looks something like:
guest-xxxxxx
After disallowing the guest account, I still show a guest entry in Group Manager. It is:
guest-7fan88
I can delete it, but it comes back next reboot. It is there even if I enable the guest account again.
Is this normal?
Do I have some other problem?
Can this be a security risk?
I'm very curious about this.
Thanks!
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I'm using Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.
I've disabled the guest account by creating a 50-no-guest.conf file in
the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d folder, with the following command in the file:
[Seat:*]
allow-guest=false
That eliminated the guest login.
Before removing "Guest" I looked in "Manage Groups" and noticed that the guest creates a group entry. It looks something like:
guest-xxxxxx
After disallowing the guest account, I still show a guest entry in Group Manager. It is:
guest-7fan88
I can delete it, but it comes back next reboot. It is there even if I enable the guest account again.
Is this normal?
Do I have some other problem?
Can this be a security risk?
I'm very curious about this.
Thanks!
permissions login security lightdm
asked Feb 7 at 23:38
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up vote
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down vote
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I'm using Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.
I've disabled the guest account by creating a 50-no-guest.conf file in
the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d folder, with the following command in the file:
[Seat:*]
allow-guest=false
That eliminated the guest login.
Before removing "Guest" I looked in "Manage Groups" and noticed that the guest creates a group entry. It looks something like:
guest-xxxxxx
After disallowing the guest account, I still show a guest entry in Group Manager. It is:
guest-7fan88
I can delete it, but it comes back next reboot. It is there even if I enable the guest account again.
Is this normal?
Do I have some other problem?
Can this be a security risk?
I'm very curious about this.
Thanks!
permissions login security lightdm
asked Feb 7 at 23:38
exe2bin
12
I'm using Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.
I've disabled the guest account by creating a 50-no-guest.conf file in
the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d folder, with the following command in the file:
[Seat:*]
allow-guest=false
That eliminated the guest login.
Before removing "Guest" I looked in "Manage Groups" and noticed that the guest creates a group entry. It looks something like:
guest-xxxxxx
After disallowing the guest account, I still show a guest entry in Group Manager. It is:
guest-7fan88
I can delete it, but it comes back next reboot. It is there even if I enable the guest account again.
Is this normal?
Do I have some other problem?
Can this be a security risk?
I'm very curious about this.
Thanks!
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I had the same problem and used the command sudo deluser --remove-all-files guest-xxxxxx followed by sudo deluser -group guest-xxxxxx. It worked.
The man-page for the above is :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/deluser.8.html
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I had the same problem and used the command sudo deluser --remove-all-files guest-xxxxxx followed by sudo deluser -group guest-xxxxxx. It worked.
The man-page for the above is :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/deluser.8.html
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I had the same problem and used the command sudo deluser --remove-all-files guest-xxxxxx followed by sudo deluser -group guest-xxxxxx. It worked.
The man-page for the above is :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/deluser.8.html
edited May 3 at 15:51
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I had the same problem and used the command sudo deluser --remove-all-files guest-xxxxxx followed by sudo deluser -group guest-xxxxxx. It worked.
The man-page for the above is :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/deluser.8.html
edited May 3 at 15:51
Jeremy
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answered May 3 at 6:20
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I had the same problem and used the command sudo deluser --remove-all-files guest-xxxxxx followed by sudo deluser -group guest-xxxxxx. It worked.
The man-page for the above is :
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/deluser.8.html
edited May 3 at 15:51
Jeremy
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answered May 3 at 6:20
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