symbolic link /home/guest points to my home dir?

[mifan]

I just noticed that there's a link in the home dir called guest that points to my home dir... is that needed in mandriva? i've tried a few other linux distros and never saw that before....

[ianw1974]

If you don't need it, simply delete it. Alternatively, disable the guest account so that it cannot be used. This is better for security point of view.

[mifan]

yeah. that's the interesting thing though. I've got no guest account enabled. in mcc, if i go to the user management and view the system users, there's a bunch of system accounts, some user accounts, but no guest account.

According to the permissions shown on the link, it says i am the owner, i tried deleting it but it won't let me! I can't delete a link which says i own it without being root?

 

Anyway I did delete it, but better yet I still want to know how that link was created in the first place!

[scarecrow]

My guess is that some unofficial non-Mandriva package that you have installed created that directory... probably some user "guest" as well, but you should check that yourself.

[neddie]

Sounds like it could be a leftover from a "One" installation - in the live version the default user is guest.

But then again, I installed my system from One and I certainly don't have a /home/guest.

Without knowing the history of your system (or even what your system is), it's a bit difficult to tell where it came from. But you sure don't need it.