Ubuntu :: Launch Guest Session From Login Screen?

Jun 21, 2011

i am wondering if it is possible to do this all i can find with google is idea proposals and brainstorms i know i could make a separate account and call it guest user bu that user would get to keep data/settings where as a guest session places a temporary account in the /tmp folder which combined with a ram disk for /tmp would result in some really fast performance since i use a ssd for / which would make the traditional hdd only used for /var also since /tmp would be a ram disk it would be like the guest is using a live cd with security restrictions and performance enhancements on top of this there would be no trace of the guest on my computer after shutdown

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Ubuntu :: Guest Session At Login Screen - Fails To Launch GDM

Aug 2, 2011

Basically, the problem is, we have a bunch of computers in a computer lab, that we want to students to access, but not modify in ANY way. That includes backgrounds or whatnot. And after restart, any changes they may have made, change back. Also, they can't have read access to the administrator account on the computer.

This needs to give a permission denied, or something:
Code:
cd /home/(admin account username)
ls

The Guest Session is exactly what we are looking for, but try as I might, I can't get it to work. Because, we don't want to have to login as administrators, then activate guest session, just for our students to use the computers. The idea being, we can leave the computers in there, and not worry about the students breaking anything.

One thread I tried was: [URL]. However, using his method, will log the student into the account, and after about 5 seconds, log them back out.
The other method listed lower in the thread,
Code:
/usr/bin/guest-session
Seems to work, but upon logging out, fails to launch the gdm

Only way to restore is restarting the computer.

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Jan 8, 2010

I like very much the Guest Session feature of Karmic, it comes very handy when someone needs to use your computer. However, it's only available if I'm already logged in, it won't show this option at login screen. Is there any way to make this possible? Also, I once tried the guest session and configured its appearance to my taste. The next time I entered, though, the default desktop reappeared. I know this happens because no setting is permanently stored for this session, so the only solution I can think of is to change the default configuration it is loaded from.

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Ubuntu :: Guide To Guest Session On Login Screen

Oct 20, 2010

I learned how to do this on the 'net somewhere. This HowTo will help you create an account on the login screen that will log in the same guest-session seen in the user menu. The advantage of this is that it will be an easily accessible guest account, while not preserving any files or changes on logout, and a higher security model for the account. Confirmed to work on 10.04 - 10.10, but the directions are for 10.10

1. Under an existing administrator account, go to the menu entry System --> administration --> Users and Groups.

2. Click Add. you may need to provide a password at this point. Name your new user anything you would like, except guest. The account cannot be called guest, but visitor does nicely. encryption of the account is not needed. This account will be a "booster" account to guest-session.

3. On the next screen, enter a password, and make sure that you click the check box "Don't ask for password on login", Click OK to finish.

4. As an extra precaution, click Advanced settings, when back on the Users and Groups screen, and on the User Privileges tab, uncheck Monitor System Logs.

5. Exit the Users and groups menu, and then log out and into your new account.

6. Once there, make a folder called GuestManager, and in that folder, make a plain text file called Guestmanager.sh, with this code in it :

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Launches the guest session
/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-launch
# Logs the user when done
/usr/bin/gnome-session-save --logout

7. Save that and then right click on it, go to properties, and then go to the permissions tab. On this tab, click "allow executing file as program", and then close that window.

8. Open the menu entry System --> Preferences --> Startup Applications, and once there, turn off all the startup applications, and then click add. Fill in the name and comment as GustManager, and for the command, enter /home/visitor/GuestManager/GuestManager.sh, where visitor would be the name you picked for the account in step 2. click add, then close

9. Delete all applets and extra toolbars (might want to leave the main gnome menu), and set the background to black or something else bland, and log out. Since this account is just a "booster" none of these toolbars and such will be needed, so removing them saves memory and load time.

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Jun 7, 2010

Adding Firefox add-ons to Guest Session?I wanted to include Add-on to Ubuntu Guest Session Firefox.Is there a proper or better way to do this? Procedure I used was as follows

1. Login to Ubuntu to a user account with sudo privileges (later sudoer account).

1. Switch to Guest Session

2. Install relevant Add-ons

3. Check what the home folder of the Guest Session is. It should be something like /tmp/guest-home.xxxxxx where xxxxxx = six random characters.

4. Switch to sudoer account

5. Open terminal and type

Code:

gksudo nautilus

[code]....

I tested this with Flashblock and it seemed to work. I also admit that since I did the thing for the first time it was not that straight forward for me, but above procedure should work. With quick Googling I was unable to find straight forward method. There is a way to install Add-ons to all users from command line using -install-global-extension but this was not what I wanted to do. I wanted the Add-on just for the temporary guest account.

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Jan 27, 2010

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May 23, 2011

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Code:
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Aug 18, 2010

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Oct 10, 2010

After upgrading my netbook (Eee 1005HA) from Ubuntu Lucid to Maverick, I can log in okay, but it crashes back to the login screen a couple of minutes after logging in, after the desktop has loaded. I haven't been able to find anything in syslog/dmesg/etc. about why this is happening, but it isn't happening on my other laptop which I just upgraded to Maverick as well.

Edit: memtest86+ showed no errors and the live USB desktop works fine.

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Jul 17, 2010

I have installed openbox on ubuntu 9.10 by this

Code:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Openbox
Code:

[code]....

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Nov 1, 2010

I have centos 5.3 i got the login screen but after logging shows error as-- your session only last less than 10 seconds . if you have not logged out yourself tyhis could mean that there is some installation problem or that you may out of disk space .try logging with one of fail session.

views details:

There is lot of space in hardisk and tmp.

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Aug 15, 2011

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Sep 14, 2010

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Jan 16, 2011

I'm going to start with Gen'l Help then maybe slide over to security. Twice recently, when shutting down for the night, I've noticed a Guest Session has been activated on my system. Since I'm the only one using this machine, I'm naturally curious. Can anyone out there explain how Guest Session works and if it can be activated remotely... or otherwise explain how the check mark next to "Guest Session" might be activated?

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Mar 19, 2011

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.1) Can't add new users
.2) Guest session will not start.
.3) Should I be concerned about my security?

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Mar 5, 2010

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If I'm at the laptop, in a Putty session, how can I (for example) type "firefox" and have the resultant Firefox window appear on-the-laptop?

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Jan 14, 2010

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Aug 5, 2010

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Apr 12, 2011

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Feb 7, 2010

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Jan 7, 2011

I'm building my own lightweight desktop with LXDE. After installing minimal Ubuntu (command line mode) from alternative CD, I installed xorg, x11 and lxde-core. After restarting I got this error when starting graphical interface:

Quote:

Xsession: unable to launch "/usr/bin/startlubuntu" X session ---
"/usr/bin/startlubuntu" not found; falling back to default session.

After clicking "Okay" button I could see LXDE interface as normal.

This is my /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf:

Code:

[base]
# autologin=dgod
# session=/usr/bin/startlxde
# numlock=0

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Jan 22, 2010

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Aug 21, 2009

i need to build a pc, that allow to everyone to use it, and that does not "save" nothing (a guest volatile session)

i see the xguest package, looks good, but has 2 big problems:

1) seems not possible to customize the session (eg: modifying the home), and this one is not so a big one

2) is impossible to choose a localization: with the fedora login screen it is possible to choose the localization only after clicking on thje usernname, but using xguest, if i click on the username starts promptly the session

so i'd like to ask if is there any workaround for have that "volatile" and better if customizable home i thinked , IF possible to copy an home folder to /tmp (if possible and use the /tmp instead the home during the session, obv with enough available ram) OR copy a home from a user to the"GUEST" one at the start (boot, or login), then delete it at logout or turning off the pc

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Mar 14, 2010

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i have my account set to autologin to an xterm session. i have symlinks in rc2.d and the script itself in init.d. i can't find any clear explanation of where i need to put my script to it launches itself right after my account logs into an xterm session. i can ./script after my xterm session starts and everything works fine but i just cannot find where to put it so it launches after my acct auto logins.

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Mar 20, 2015

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[SeatDefaults]
#xserver-command=X
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-config=
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[Code] .......

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Feb 25, 2011

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Sep 17, 2010

I have installed VirtualBox and setup a Windows Vista host, initially with a .vdi of 10gb. That filled up quickly, so I added another 20gb secondary partition, after first trying to allocate a .vdi to a SCSI controller. Configured the drive in Windows (Computer Management), and all seemed ok. I shutdown VB, and rebooted my Linux host (openSuse 11.3). Now I keep bouncing back to the login screen, and can't login to Linux KDE, but can login to a console.I do have the following info:

/etc/fstab:
/dev/dis/by-id/ata-ST9250410ASG_5VG0B5VS-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/dis/by-id/ata-ST9250410ASG_5VG0B5VS-part6 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1

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I did see a message before, that I don't see anymore, that said it could not start NFS services due to missing entry in fstab. Another I'm seeing now is it couldn't start the avahi-daemon, no space left on device. This is odd, since I have a 200GB drive, with half of it left, only max 30GB set to VB. Here's my df -k output:

/dev/sda6 Use% is 100%
devtmpfs Use% is 1%
tmpfs Use% is 1%
/dev/sda7 Use% is 46%

So root "/" is mounted on /dev/sda6, which looks like it could be a problem, but why would this suddenly be a problem after working with VirtualBox? Could this be a matter of just freeing up space on /dev/sda6? Like the /tmp folder that's under "/"?

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Dec 22, 2008

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