Yep it was checked. I had to disable and reenable the box for the guest account logging out each time to make sure the change took effect. that was a scary one. I was not trying to log in remotely. I don't even have another computer to do that with lol!
Here's how I fixed it. http://audioboo.fm/boos/894106-fixed-my-guest-account-problem-see-how.mp3 Take care all and hope that helps for other people with this odd issue that cropped up lol! On Jul 22, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > Are you trying to do a remote login? Because users cannot log in to the > guest account remotely. And did you go to System Preferences > Users & > Groups to check that the box is still checked for "Allow guests to log in to > this computer" when you select "Guest User" in the sidebar? Because you can > set this up so that you have the box for "Allow guests to connect to shared > folders" without checking the box for "Allow guests to log in to this > computer". > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 22, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> I run osx lion 10.7.4, and I notice that i need a password to log in to the >> guest account. I was going to log in to there to test something as I only >> needed to do this once. >> >> Now I know from prior experience that I should not need a password for the >> guest account so what's up? Here is a demo of what is up. sorry about the >> fast speech but that's how I role. >> >> http://audioboo.fm/boos/894041-what-s-up-with-my-guest-account-and-how-do-i-fix.mp3 >> >> Take care all. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
