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Linux Mint: How to Allow Guest Sessions

Linux Mint: How to Allow Guest Sessions

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Mel Hawthorne Leave a Comment

Most of the time, people using your computer will do so multiple times and so making an account for them is a reasonable use of time. Creating an account for a user gives them their own user directory and password and allows you to configure if they can run administrative commands or not.

If you have a lot of people accessing your computer, you could choose to make a shared account with either a known password or no password at all. The other alternative on Linux Mint is to allow guest sessions. A guest session is allowed to access the computer but has even more restricted permissions than a shared account.

First of all, a guest session can’t read the home directory of any other user. By default, normal user accounts can read the files in any other user’s home directory but are unable to edit them or add new files other than to their own home directory. A guest session can’t even read the home directory of other users giving you privacy. Secondly, guest sessions can’t permanently store data to your hard drive, meaning you don’t have to worry about them downloading large volumes of data and filling your storage.

Guest sessions are designed for scenarios where a user needs to access the internet through a computer or needs to edit a document on removable media. They work well for this sort of use and keep your personal data on the computer private.

To enable the ability to use a guest session, press the Super key, then type “Login Window” and hit enter.

Tip: The “Super” key is the name that many Linux distributions use to refer to the Windows key or the Apple “Command” key, while avoiding any risk of trademark issues.

Press the Super key, then type “Login Window” and hit enter.

Once in the login window settings, switch to the “Users” tab and click the “Allow guest sessions” slider to the “On” position. For the setting to take effect, you will have to restart your computer. Once you’ve done so, you will be able to select “Guest Session” on the account selection screen.

Switch to the “Users” tab, then enable “Allow guest sessions” and restart your computer.

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