guest/lib/win32.js

Lets you enable or disable guest account access on Linux, Mac and Windows.

var exec = require('child_process').exec;

// var guest_account_name = 'Guest User';
var guest_account_name = 'Guest';

function call(method, cb) {
  var cmd = 'net user "' + guest_account_name + '"';
  if (method) cmd += ' /' + method;
  exec(cmd, cb);
}

exports.check = function(cb) {
  call(null, function(err, out, stderr) {
    // if user does exist, exec() returns an error (code/errorlevel 2)
    // if (err) return cb(err); 

    // failed message is 'The user name could not be found.'
    // var exists = !stderr.match('could not be found');
    var exists = !!out.toString().match(/activ.*yes/i);
    cb(null, exists);
  })
}

exports.enable = function(cb) {
  call('active:yes', cb)
}

exports.disable = function(cb) {
  call('active:no', cb)
}