[ubuntu] 12.04 LTS Guest Account

I DO WANT:

To be able to select a guest session from the user menu when logged in to my administrator account in case someone needs to use my computer.

I DO NOT WANT

Someone to be able to turn on my computer and login to a guest session

I have heard of a method where one edits /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to include allow-guest=false (then restarting lightdm)

The problem with that method is that

Environment: Windows 2003 AD Host: Windows 7 Pro VMWare Guest: Windows XP

I use a normal user but I also have AD Admin rights (via another user).

I use my AD account to login on the host as well on the aforementioned guest system. They don't share their profiles, so no problems here.

I had reason to change my user (AD) password.

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By default ubuntu 12.04 comes with guest account.You can disable this account using the following procedure.Guest account is a paswordless account which allow users to get access to Ubuntu machine (...)Read the rest of Ubuntu Tip:How to disable guest account in ubuntu 12.04(Precise) (58 words)

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Thanks in advance for any help. Ubuntu 12.04

Up until recently my mother has been using the Guest Session when she logs on; now, the Guest Session will not login.

I went to get breakfast in the cafeteria and when I came back I noticed my lockscreen hadn't faded, as if it was accessed in the past 5 minutes.

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=zYGux17Q

There is the log file snippet for the keyword 'guest.'

I had never used a guest account before so it appears that the guest account had been created when someone logged into it. Is this the case?

What is Guest Session:-The Ubuntu Guest Session feature provides a convenient way, with a high level of security, to lend your computer to someone else. A guest cannot view the home folders of other users, and by default any saved data or changed settings will be removed/reset at logout.

I have Ubuntu 12.10 and was using guest account. I downloaded some files on desktop and shutdown my m/c after use. Now today when I logged in to guest account to copy those files but those surprisingly those files were gone and desktop was clear. I guess ubuntu deletes all files from guest account on shutdown.

Can you please guide me to recover those lost files.

Thanks

When installing Ubuntu, you are required to create one user account. That account is the “root” account, used to perform all administrative functions on the system. Any user with access to that account can modify or change any setting they want. Sometimes it necessary to create another account, say, for a guest, or for some [...]

Yep, the problem is that i cannot login as Guest, neither from the login screen nor from user switching. The name of the guest account is grayed out.