How to Disable the Ubuntu 11.10 Guest Login Session
Abstract: i installed it on my laptop and found some lack in the security because of guest user. As you know guest user can login without need of passwordtoday
Ubuntu 11.10 has been released on October 2011; i installed it on my laptop and found some lack in the security because of guest user. As you know guest user can login without need of password; today i was thinking to increase the login security of my Ubuntu 11.10. I have decided to remove the Guest account login from the login screen of the Unity. I achieved the above task by editing the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, follow the steps to disable guest account in Ubuntu 11.10.
Step 1: Open Terminal ( Dash Home —–> Search for Terminal or Ctrl + Alt + T)
Step 2: Edit the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
raj@geeksite~/$ sudo gedit /et/lightdm/lightdm.conf
Step 3: Add the following line at the end of the file.
allow-guest=false
Step 4: Reboot the machine.
raj@geeksite~/$ sudo reboot
You will get the login screen without Guest Session.
That’s All.
Update: As already you know, disabling of Guest login will improve the security. You can still improve more by hiding the User Names on login screen in Ubuntu 11.10.
