Guest Account, Local Only

squareyes squareyes at internode.on.net
Fri Jan 25 15:03:10 UTC 2008


Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote:
> I'm interested in setting up a guest account on my Ubuntu Gutsy
> system for local use only. Meaning, friends could have a username
> for one account to share, use all of the local devices, CDROM, floppy,
> USB, etc. and Internet, but with one condition:
>
> No access to the normal user's directories and above ~/home directories.
>
> The normal user being the one with the password to do sudo commands.
>
> Would there be a simple step-by-step how-to on performing this?
> Would there be any disadvantages to doing this?
>
> TIA
>
>
>   
Hi,
try  System menu > Administration > Users and Groups. Can add a new 
user/s there,
with their own log in name and password. These don't have access to your 
home folder unless you specifically
allow it.

Hope this is what you are after.
Take Care
Winton




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