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Q: guest account won't login
I have the same problem on 2 machines. The guest account won't login. It is enabled in the Accounts pane of SysPref. I've tried Guest, guest, and guest with password guest, even though I know that a password is not required. Login Window just shakes at me. Suggestions?
Thanks,
Barry
Thanks,
Barry
MBP c2d, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Posted on May 14, 2008 11:28 AM
by V.K.,Solvedanswer
ok try this. From an admin account uncheck the option enabling Guest account in accounts system preferences and then enter the following command in terminal.
*sudo dscl . delete /users/Guest*
Please just copy and paste the above. That's very important. you don't want to delete a wrong thing here. You'll have to enter your admin password which you won't see (that's normal).
This command will delete the Guest user.
Now go to the accounts preferences and enable Guest. This should create Guest user afresh and hopefully resolve the password issue. Restart and try the guest user again. Double check and make sure that it's enabled.
I tested the procedure and it works on my computer.
*sudo dscl . delete /users/Guest*
Please just copy and paste the above. That's very important. you don't want to delete a wrong thing here. You'll have to enter your admin password which you won't see (that's normal).
This command will delete the Guest user.
Now go to the accounts preferences and enable Guest. This should create Guest user afresh and hopefully resolve the password issue. Restart and try the guest user again. Double check and make sure that it's enabled.
I tested the procedure and it works on my computer.
Posted on May 14, 2008 3:51 PM