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Old 02-19-2010
Bug How to run script on logout ?
Hi Everybody,
I want to run my own script on logout , i can use .bash_logout file... problem is this will work only for that particular user... i want to know the common file... so that script wil run for all the user...

2. How to run script on Shutdown ?

Thanks in advance

Anitha
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Old 02-19-2010
Checkout /etc/bash.bash_logout for logout. What should work of course is using links in /etc/rc.d for the appropriate runlevel 0 and 6 with a K in their name, pointing to a stop script.

Checkout these two links:
Runlevel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chapter*7.*The rc.d System
Last edited by zaxxon; 02-19-2010 at 01:43 AM.. Reason: updated and corrected info
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Old 02-19-2010
Thanks for ur reply ...

but no such file is available in /etc directory .... can u tel any other way... to do ths...
# 4  
Old 02-19-2010
Just create this file then and try it out. Also telling which OS you use might help.
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Old 02-19-2010
There are several command to do that
Code:
 
/sbin/shutdown
/sbin/poweroff
/sbin/halt

But you must be a super user to do this, As a normal user you can do only a logout operation , for that you can provide kill -9 -1 , Sending a kill signal to all the process.
Last edited by abubacker; 02-19-2010 at 06:18 AM.. Reason: change the line from [\code] to [/code]
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