On 07/21/16, Ioram Sette said the following...
 
 IS>  Al> I have been thinking about adding a guest account but haven't done it
 IS>  Al> yet. I just tried to log in with ssh with no user name with syncterm
 IS>  Al> and it won't even try without a username entered. The protocol must
 IS>  Al> require it so a guest account is now more important than before.
 IS> 
 IS> Yes, that's true. I think it's mandatory to set an authentication method.
 IS> This can be certificates or username/password.

I have been trying out the ssh server and if I use an unknown username and
password it takes me to the logon where I can create a user account so
the guest account is unnecessary. An unknown user will be asked if they would
like to create an account.

 IS> I think that if the user that logs in using this guest account is able to
 IS> authenticate using the BBS login screen, or register as a new user, it
 IS> would be nice.

Yep, that's the way it works. I did create a guest account without posting
privileges to the network areas so folks can look around the BBS before
deciding if they want to have their own account, but it's not needed.

 IS> It would also be nice if this "guest" username were configurable.

I just created a user "Guest" with the same password and set the
various ACS
strings accordingly. You could use any username you like.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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