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Currently, to disable guest access, you can delete the guest user or change the password.

I'm not sure what you mean with the second comment. Do you want the guest password visible? This will not be possible, as the password is saved as a hash, and it can't be converted back to the actual password (it may be, but it's not meant to be and it wouldn't be easy).

Does your third comment mean to disable a guest password entirely, so all you have to do is enter the user name guest to log in?

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Turn ON or OFF password showing for user guest . ; yes ! make the password visible or affect some default visible password : by default I mean the default user guest with default password would be writed on the main page.

Yes : disable a guest password entirely or just show the default password somewhere on the page.

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Well, when the database is created, you're prompted to enable or disable the guest login. If you choose to enable it, it asks for a password. So, there's no real mystery as to what the password is unless you forget what you set. I did this so there is never a default password. Default passwords are insecure (unless you are working strictly on a LAN), as anyone can access the system if the default password is not changed.

So, it's not possible to display the password, as it's stored as a hash. This is for the user's protection, because if the security of the password file is compromised, the perpetrator cannot get the password, only the hash.

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OK then what about a dialog box where admin can decide to write the guest password in and this $word will be shown/writed on the main page:
"If you want to visit : use user guest with password $word."

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Ah, like a MOTD, but before login, not after. I can add a setting to add a custom message at the login page.

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Custom login message added in commit 41bcdbd

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