Is there an admin command for closing a user's session?

[VinzC]

... other than kill <user logon process>?

Thanks.

[GordSki]

Is there a particular reason why you don't want to use kill? As far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be much of an alternative.....

G.

[VinzC]

Is there a particular reason why you don't want to use kill? As far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be much of an alternative.....

G.

For the same reasons when I want someone to leave I tell him first. I only use weapons when he refuses to leave, sticks to my door and starts to insult me and my family .

EDIT: More seriously, I wasn't sure what to kill either... I think now I know.

EDIT: There is another reason, which I've just discovered. Killing the logon process prevents the logout shell script from running, eventually disclosing private information.

[beatryder]

pkill -u <user id>

[GordSki]

You could use 'write' to send the user a message asking them to leave.

You could then give them a couple of minutes to finnish up then send them another message if they're still there giving them 10 seconds before you issue the kill.

Finally depending on how the logout script is used, you could manually clean up after the user has been punted.

A bit nicer than pulling the trigger straight away, but I think the kill is the only option if someone won't leave.

G.

[dleverton]

EDIT: There is another reason, which I've just discovered. Killing the logon process prevents the logout shell script from running, eventually disclosing private information.

Have you tried killing the process with a SIGHUP? I can't test right now, but I think that would run the logout script.

[VinzC]

Have you tried killing the process with a SIGHUP? I can't test right now, but I think that would run the logout script.

Yes, I did on both bash and the logon process. Doesn't work either.