[Wylug-help] Guest account for Linux??

[Keiko Hamasaki]

Hia, Just because you want a guest account, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to call it "guest", as its been said these usernames are constanlty being targeted, if they exist, your in trouble especially with a null password.
 
 An idea may be to setup a guest account, by creating a new account and then restricting it to your needs only name it something more obscure, though still easy to rember for you or your users, perhaps "485tux-myPC" or something, i wouldn't expect someone to launch a brute force attack against such a strange username.
 
 Though there still exists a security threat with the null password, but if thats what you require, theres no way of avoiding that particular risk, as its part of your objective. all you can do is manage that risk, as best you can.
 
 Keiko.

		
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