Add guest account to OS X

dage007dage007
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Could anyone here tell me how to add a guest account to my users? I don't see it there and when I try to put in the name guest it wont let me. I assume its already there I just have to enable it somehow.



thanks



DD

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    ericeasonericeason Posts: 118member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dage007

    Could anyone here tell me how to add a guest account to my users? I don't see it there and when I try to put in the name guest it wont let me. I assume its already there I just have to enable it somehow.



    thanks



    DD



    If you change the short name to something different it will work.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    dage007dage007 Posts: 320member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ericeason

    If you change the short name to something different it will work.



    what do you mean? Call it something like GUESS? Not sure exactly what you mean



    thanks



    DD
  • Reply 3 of 4
    skipjackskipjack Posts: 263member
    I can't make a "guest" account, but I can make a "Guest" account.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    ericeasonericeason Posts: 118member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dage007

    what do you mean? Call it something like GUESS? Not sure exactly what you mean



    thanks



    DD



    You can give it the name "Guest", but the short name can't be "guest", so you have to change it to something like "guests". I think the reason why you can't have the login as guest is because that is probably the first user name someone tries when someone is trying to hack into your computer.
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