[K12OSN] "Guest" accounts

[Angus Carr]

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> Around Tue,Jun 08 2004, at 10:23, Doug Simpson, wrote:
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>>>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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>We use 'orange','apple','strawberry',....
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>No password.  just enter the fruit,then enter.
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If you are working with the young, then you could then put a picture at 
the terminal of the fruit (or jungle animal) and match the picture with 
user pictures provided by the login manager (kdm does this. I think gdm 
does too...). Then you can skip the students having to remember how to 
spell "passionfruit"... Always a problem for my kids ;-).

Angus Carr.