Accounts: Guest account status

Information

Accounts: Guest account status

This security setting determines if the Guest account is enabled or disabled.

Default: Disabled.

Note: If the Guest account is disabled and the security option Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for local accounts is set to Guest Only, network logons, such as those performed by the Microsoft Network Server (SMB Service), will fail.

Solution

Policy Path: Local Policies\Security Options
Policy Name: Accounts: Guest account status

See Also

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55319

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2, CSCv6|16, CSCv6|16.1

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 5f59389df45bbf7ff1cd5cf4834df8430db2512ec1fb842c6abe1e41e7b85998