[K12OSN] "Guest" accounts

[Jim Hays]

We use something like this.  The username is the same as the computer 
name.  Edit the /etc/passwd file to take the "x" out of the password 
field. 



Doug Simpson wrote:

>For the general use accounts, set up accounts based on the computer not 
>user.  This way, when they sit down at computer #4 for instance, the login 
>would be computer4 and whatever password you set.  Make all the general 
>accounts use the same password.  Then the ones that have their own 
>personal account, can use their own login.
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>If there's 20 computer in the lab, the usernames would be computer1 
>computer2 computer3 and etc and you could use a simple password like 
>ComputerLab! (caps and ! included for cracking avoidance.)
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>Then you mark the general usernames and passwords on the from of the 
>computer.  This way, no matter who sits down there, they can use the 
>computer, including the ones with their own account.
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>DS
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>On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Karolow, Mike [ITS] wrote:
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>>Good morning,
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>>This is my first question to the group, so please bear with me.  I'm
>>mostly looking for someone to point me in the right direction, I'm not
>>afraid to do the leg work, but Google hasn't helped me too much.
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>>I'm creating a small network for a multi-age lab that will be used by
>>kids from K through 6.  Once I set the network up, they'll be no one on
>>staff to assist with administration.  The older kids and the faculty
>>could make use of personalized accounts, but many of them could just use
>>a generic "Guest" account, that doesn't have the ability to save
>>configuration and allows multiple logins with the same generic
>>username/password (or no password).  Is such a setup recommended or even
>>possible?  Thanks.
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>>Mike Karolow
>>Sprint ITS
>>300 Unicorn Park Drive, 4th Floor
>>Woburn, Ma  01801
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>>Mobile: 781.367.5279 
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