Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 431)

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Setting Up a Guest User Account
Because the Guest account does not require individual user names and passwords for each
user, it is a good choice for setting up a public computer or kiosk where users do not need to
access their home directories.
After you enable the Guest account, Macintosh Manager creates the account and makes it
available in the Imported Users list.As with any other user account, you can add the Guest
account to a workgroup and apply Macintosh Manager settings, with a few exceptions:
m Computer checkout is not allowed.
m Working offline at a client computer is not allowed.
To set up the Guest account:
1 Open Macintosh Manager, click Global, and then click Security.
2 Select “Allow Guest access.”
3 Click Users, and select Guest from the Imported Users list. In the Basic and Advanced panes,
select the settings you want to use.
4 Click Workgroups. Create a workgroup for the Guest account, or select an existing
workgroup and add Guest to the Workgroup Members list in the Members pane.
5 Provide access to computers by making one or more lists of computers available to the
workgroups.
6 Click Save.
Designating Administrators
After you import user accounts, you’ll need to give some users administrative privileges. For
Macintosh Manager, the privilege hierarchy is similar to that of Workgroup Manager, but
Macintosh Manager uses only two types of administrative accounts. Macintosh Manager
workgroup administrators are similar to Workgroup Manager’s directory domain
administrators, but their privileges apply only to workgroups created in Macintosh Manager.
About Macintosh Manager Administrators
A Macintosh Manager administrator can import, edit, and delete user accounts and create
workgroup administrators and additional Macintosh Manager administrators. A Macintosh
Manager administrator can change any of the Macintosh Manager settings and, if allowed, can
use his or her administrator password to log in as any user except another Macintosh
Manager administrator.