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How to disable guest account?

Asked by Wise Melon

Is there any way to disable the guest account so as to prevent even someone on the guest account from logging into your computer?

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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

I found out how to do it in Terminal with this command:

sudo sh -c 'printf "[SeatDefaults]\nallow-guest=false\n" >/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-no-guest.conf'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You can also run:

sudo passwd -l guest

To lock the account.