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://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2016/10/17/security-baseline-for-windows-10-v1607-anniversary-edition-and-windows-server-2016/

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

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

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 9004f08ff32c89641471a58dc0e8fdb1777613e2fc8df0dee9012789c6d4616b