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Ubuntu comes with a “Guest Session” account, which anyone can log into from the login screen – no password required. This guest account is locked down and changes to it don’t persist between sessions – everyone that logs in gets a fresh desktop.

Ubuntu comes with a “Guest Session” account, which anyone can log into from the login screen – no password required. This guest account is locked down and changes to it don’t persist between sessions – everyone that logs in gets a fresh desktop.

Ubuntu Wiki link: Guest Session Account

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Guest account files lost, how to recover?

We were working on writing a paper while logged into an Ubuntu guest account. The paper was saved in the guest account's home directory. The computer froze, so we restarted. Ubuntu purged the files. Is it possible to recover?
thuvaraka
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Why can I only access the guest session in Ubuntu?

My brother installed Ubuntu on my windows 10 toshiba laptop. At first it was great, but now I can only access the guest session, and can't access the full capability of Ubuntu. I work with my laptop and I'm new to this so any kind of advice or help…
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How do I change guest session alert message

When a guest user logs in, they get an alert message saying "All data created during this guest session...". I'd like to change the text of that message, but can't find where that text is coming from. I know that Zenity is used to display it, but…
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Guest account asking password

Hi gone through strange issue . guest account asked me a password after I have selected lock screen option from top panel . give a try with guest or enter but Nothing up
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How to increase allowed disk space for Guest account

Is it possible to increase the amount of disk space allowed to Guest account? EDIT df -h gives the following output: guest-S9srd9@embsys:~/Desktop$ df -h df: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted…
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I only have a guest account

I just got a brand new dell XPS 13 and I went to set it up. I typed in the wifi password and realized I got it wrong. So I ended up hitting a button in the bottom right corner. For some reason it reset the computer and when it booted back up, it…
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Where does the Guest Session store its configuration files

In my computer I have my account (cyrex) and the guest session. If my user cyrex stores its files in /home/cyrex where does the guest session store its files?. For example, if I wanted to set the guest in a way so that when it loads it has a…
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Guest account files

My houseguest just wrote a 20 page paper using the guest account on my computer. We saved it and she logged out. Is that paper gone? We haven't rebooted. I'm going to feel really, really horrible if this is gone! I logged her out so I could try to…
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I can't use my own account but I can access guest accounts

I am a new to intermediate user who has logged on here/at stack exchange as eimi and another means which I don't have record of now. My security is compromised, I believe. I get a blank desktop as if there is a screen over my main login desktop. I…
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How to create guest account in Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS

There isn't an option for a guest account at logon screen. I can create a user with limited access but I want any saved data or changed settings be removed/reset at logout.
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Disable guest session in 14.04

I want to disable guest session in ubuntu 14.04. I did that in 12.04 before, however I can't find /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf as in 12.04. I think 14.04 might replace it with /etc/lightdm/users.conf, which has the following…
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Guest account generated all of sudden

guest-kpjg0a:x:999:999:Guest:/tmp/guest-kpjg0a:/bin/bash I have checked /etc/passwd, then here it is. Am I hacked? Yes, I am hacked.
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