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10.5: Changing the username for the Guest Account?
Authored by: Celos on Dec 05, '08 09:56:17PM

Does anyone know of a way to rename the Guest account? I want to rename it to "Visitor" for a couple reasons. First, my parents and in-laws are used to it and any confusion is bad confusion when they want to use the computer.

Second, and more to the point, my (regular) username starts with Gu-, and on the login screen listing typing "Gu" selects "Guest". When I'm not paying particularly close attention (which is often), I type "Gu," hit Return to have it select the user and prompt me for my password, and instead it logs me in as Guest and I have to log back out and then login as myself.

It's frustrating. I've poked and Googled (though not yet tried the Workgroup Server tips in this thread for customizing the dock) and haven't found anything. Any ideas?



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