How do I change the default settings for the guest account?

win32sux · 11-14-2008, 11:36 PM

I really like the self-destructing guest account feature introduced in Ubuntu 8.10. It comes in really handy at times. But how would I edit the default configuration it uses? I need to make changes to the session startup commands, the font settings, and the browser settings, among others. TIA.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 11-15-2008, 12:01 AM

Is this an example of what you need? http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20an...using_skel.htm

win32sux · 11-15-2008, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Is this an example of what you need? http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20an...using_skel.htm

Thanks for the reply. I'm aware of /etc/skel but I'm not sure how I would make it specific to the guest account instead of system wide. Also, I've never really figured out how to (when using /etc/skel) deal with the randomly-named folders which Firefox uses.

Flimm · 12-18-2008, 11:02 AM

Using /etc/skel doesn't work. I think it's because the guest user account isn't recreated every time using useradd.

Flimm · 12-18-2008, 12:54 PM

You basically have to edit /usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh . For example, you can change the default keyboard for guest.

win32sux · 12-18-2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Flimm

You basically have to edit /usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh . For example, you can change the default keyboard for guest.

Awesome! Thanks a million!