How do I disable the guest account on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy)

Question

Yes! I want to get rid of the guest account on Ubuntu. How do I do this??

I do not want this account but neither I find it in /etc/passwd and /etc/group nor within the users by navigating to system Settings -> user accounts...

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:16

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Open /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf with root rights.
Append the line allow-guest=false
Reboot.

answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:16

Klaus-Dieter Warzecha

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:17

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I don't know if you can remove the account, but you can disable it : it won't be an option at login.

Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
```
sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
```
Add the following line at the end :
```
allow-guest = false
```
Save CTRL + O
Quit the text-editor CTRL + X

Or in one command-line :

echo "allow-guest = false" | sudo tee -a /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:17

MrVaykadji

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This did work well on earlier versions, but does not work on 13.10. – Klaus-Dieter Warzecha Mar 05 '14 at 12:25
Well, I'm currently using this and it works. And I'm on 13.10. – MrVaykadji Mar 05 '14 at 12:27
So you created the file? Well then, because there's no /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf on 13.10 by default. – Klaus-Dieter Warzecha Mar 05 '14 at 12:31
uuuh, yeah there is one by default^^ – MrVaykadji Mar 05 '14 at 12:32
man lightdm confirms what I say (using 1.8.4, as it is by default) – MrVaykadji Mar 05 '14 at 12:32
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Very strange ^^ From 13.10, all options should be in the "numbered files" in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/. But let's not argue about this, as long as everything works :) – Klaus-Dieter Warzecha Mar 05 '14 at 12:42

How do I disable the guest account on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy)

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