Enable Guest User in 10.14.x Via the Command Line (without a MDM)?
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Is there a way to enable the Guest user via the terminal in 10.14.x?
I have tried...
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist GuestEnabled -bool YES
On machines where the Guest account has been previously enabled and then disabled through the System Preferences -> Users & Groups GUI, this works.
However, on a machine where the Guest account has ***never*** been previously enabled, ***this does not seem to work***. On the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, the Guest account says "Logins Only" instead of enabled, and a Guest user is unable to login.
(I am managing a fleet of Macs without the use of a MDM, hence my desire to be able to do this without physically touching 100's of machines.)
Asked by Tim Dearborn
(598 rep)
Dec 18, 2018, 10:22 PM
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