How To Install xguest on Fedora 34

xguest is Creates xguest user as a locked down user

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xguest on Fedora 34.

What is `xguest`

Installing this package sets up the xguest user to be used as a temporary account to switch to or as a kiosk user account. The account is disabled unless SELinux is in enforcing mode. The user is only allowed to log in via graphical login program. The home and temporary directories of the user will be polyinstantiated and mounted on tmpfs.

We can use yum or dnf to install xguest on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xguest.

Install xguest on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xguest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xguest

Install xguest on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xguest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xguest

How To Uninstall xguest on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xguest package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xguest

xguest Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/security/namespace.d/xguest.conf
/usr/share/doc/xguest
/usr/share/doc/xguest/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/xguest/README
/var/lib/xguest
/var/lib/xguest/home

References

xguest website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xguest on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.