The guest account on my MBA restart in Safari Only. How do I disable that?

Every time someone tries to log into my guest account on my MBA, a message pops up stating that the computer will restart in a secure safari only mode. Any ideas as to how to get the guest account back to normal instead of restarting the computer in safari only mode?

I also think separate accounts is the way to go....if he is over 13yrs also remember if you do make an account for him and use your bank card all purchases will be charged to your card.

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We use a computer reservation system for public computers in my library. I would love to have the functionality of the guest account so the account is wiped after every log out.
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I had uploaded some photos onto iPhoto on the guest account for my visitors, intending to burn them on departure.
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Ah, I missed that article somehow. Thanks!
I actually already made a "labguest" account yesterday with normal user permissions and that works fine.
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I don't believe there is any way to prevent file downloading if you allow internet access at all. as Király says, whatever they download and install will be limited to the guest account and will go poof on the logout.
however you can disable CD/DVD and external drives access. some of it can be done by enabling parental controls on the guest account. for more options you can install server admin tools
http://support.apple.com/downloads/ServerAdmin_Tools_105
and use workgroup manager to set further restrictions on the guest account.
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How to get rid of the "Guest" account that 10.7.2 installes unasked ?

I wondered why I see a "Guest" Account on my login screen this morning - as I didn't use that.
So I went to system preferences to delete it - but I see that I can't delete - the minus Button is greyed out for that "Guest" Account.
I don't need a "Guest" Account as there's no one but me to use my mac.
So tell me please how I get this deleted from my Accountlist.
Thank you.

Ok, that makes it clear - but not helpfull.
1) Why is this account named "Guest" instead of "Find my Mac" ?
A "Find my Mac" account in Preferences/Users would make clear what it is for.
2) Why is this Account shown on my login screen ?
I understand that "Find my Ma" is more a "hidden" feature. So it should use a "hidden" account that isn't shown to the public on the login screen.
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- Rename that Account from "Guest" to "Find my Mac"
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Customizing the guest account in Snow Leopard

Has anyone figured out how to permanently customize the Guest account in Snow Leopard. I did this with Leopard by following the instructions at Michael's Mac. However, those instructions don't work under Snow Leopard.

V.K. wrote:
this method still works fine for me although I did all the copying while logged in as root instead of using terminal. also you can do some customization of the guest account using Workgroup manager which is a part of Snow leopard Server Admin Tools
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL914
I was trying to do it with sudo rather than logged in as root, which I don't have set up. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
However, I should let you know that there seems to be a very bad bug in snow leopard which can sometimes wipe your main account's home directory after using the guest user.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10123656#10123656
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10198726
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2171494&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2181373&start=15&tstart=0
until this is fixed I would suggest keeping the guest account turned off.
Yikes, thanks for the pointer! That advice I will definitely take.

Why is the guest account set up so strangely?

I mean, I give a guest in my house the guest account, and it starts up with address book, time machine, garageband etc all in the toolbar. I mean, why?

Actually, you can change this with a little bit of low-level tinkering, if you feel comfortable doing so. This is adapted from a hint at macosxhints.com to work on 10.6. Make sure you follow the instructions carefully since you're changing the system's defaults.
1. Make sure the guest account is enabled in System Preferences.
2. Download and install the latest <a href-"http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1071">Server Admin Tools (link goes to 10.6.4 version). Even though you're not running OS X Server, these tools will give you a nice interface to edit the account settings for the guest account.
3. In the Applications/Server folder, launch Workgroup Manager. At the login prompt, enter "127.0.0.1" for the server address, and your OS X admin name and password.
4. In Workgroup Manager, in the View menu, click Show System Records. Now in the main window, if you click Accounts, you should see a long list of "reserved" system accounts. Scroll down and click on "Guest account" to highlight it. Click "Preferences" in the top tab.
5. You'll see a warning that this is a local change only. Click OK.
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7. You can now quit Workgroup Manager. Guest login will now have the dock you've customised, and any new standard/admin accounts will retain the normal default dock.
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Good luck!
Matt

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I'd like to go back to the original question. I don't see an answer here yet.
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