Mac Os X: how to disable guest access if you enabled AppleShare
 
06/12/2005 - 20:19 (Category: Mac Os X)

If you enabled AppleShare (Personal File Sharing), you also enabled guest access by default. Don't panic: you can still disable guest access by editing a plist file:

1) open Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.app)
2) type cd ~/Library/Preferences
3) type sudo pico com.apple.AppleFileSharing.plist

Once entered, search for 'guestAccess'. You will see this:

<key>guestAccess</key>
<true/>

now replace 'true' with 'false'. Beware: make a backup copy of the plist file before editing it (in case something goes wrong). I'm not sure whether Tiger is affected by this vulnerability

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