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how can I set up password-protected Guest account

Hi everyone


I need to set up password-protected guest account. The aim is to get:

a) an account with password. So only authorized person can use it.

b) all changes in this account should be overwritten at log-off, just like Guest account behaves.


So I need either to find a way to set password for Guest, either create a 'normal' account and somehow automate it self-cleaning at logoff.


I tried to run terminal and use


sudo su

passwd Guest

[entering password 123]


Afterwards I can't login as Guest at all. System doesn't ask for a password, nor logs me in.


Thx for any help

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Feb 8, 2013 5:35 AM

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Feb 1, 2015 6:18 AM in response to Нуб Нубыч

This question was asked 2 years ago and still hasn't been answered.


If there is not a way to add a password to guest account, what is the script that get's executed when the Guest account log's off? I can execute that on an account that I create called 'localGuest' or something like that.


I have an enterprising member of my family who has figured out that my computer is exempt from the network curfew and they are using Guest to bypass that. I have since disabled guest; however, I do like using the fresh guest environment to test software development.

how can I set up password-protected Guest account

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