How do you logout from a session?

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems Linux Red Hat How do you logout from a session?
# 1  
Old 03-24-2005
How do you logout from a session?

Hello all -

I'm finishing up a script that I wrote.

This is what I did:

I added some lines to the .bash_profile that will call my startup script:

cd $HOME/startup
./startup.scr

This startup script will create some directories, move some files, and then startup an application:

cd $HOME/applications
./move_some_files
./start_application

This is where I need some help:

Under Redhat Linux how do I kill the session and log the user out and display the login screen from my script?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 03-25-2005
Quote:
Under Redhat Linux how do I kill the session and log the user out and display the login screen from my script?
I have not understood the above quite perfectly.

But, here is some break.

man exit
man logout
# 3  
Old 03-25-2005
If I understand you correctly, an easier solution would be to have something like this in .bash_profile directly

Code:
cd $HOME/applications
./move_some_files
# make sure the exec is the last line
exec ./start_application

bash itself will then be replaced by ./start_application - therefore when ./start_application terminates, you'll be logged out and returned to the prompt.

Cheers
ZB
# 4  
Old 03-25-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzybob
If I understand you correctly, an easier solution would be to have something like this in .bash_profile directly

Code:
cd $HOME/applications
./move_some_files
# make sure the exec is the last line
exec ./start_application

bash itself will then be replaced by ./start_application - therefore when ./start_application terminates, you'll be logged out and returned to the prompt.

Cheers
ZB

Thanks for the responses!

I've tried using logout in my script, but it doesn't do anything. I've tried using exit and that doesn't work either.

I've also tried starting the app within .bash_profile - as the last line and that won't work either!

I was able to kill the session by doing this within my script:

declare -r PIDNUM=`ps -ef | grep gnome-session`
kill -9 `echo $PIDNUM | cut -d' ' -f2`

Here's the kicker:

This will work and kill the session thus logging the user out and returning them to the login screen, but only if you're already logged in and run this from the command line.

However

This doesn't work if the user logs in from the log in screen. The script does indeed take place - files are moved, the application is started, and files are replaced. But, it doesn't end the session - the normal log in procedure takes place i.e. the desktop is setup etc...

I'm at a loss here.

Thanks.
# 5  
Old 04-25-2005
i am having the same problem in regards to exiting UNIX via a menu using the ksh. I want the menu option to log the user out, however the logout command has to be run from the command prompt and wont work from within the script. If u find an answer, I too am in need of it.
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Login and logout time of a session

Hi, How can I find out the login and logout time of the old UNIX session/user?. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sharif
2 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Session logout

hi, i want to make a session logout in c++/unix which will redirect the user to the login page if the user is idle for 5mins (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: anubhav sharma
1 Replies

3. Solaris

Difference between the desktop session and console session

what is the difference between desktop session and console session in solaris as i am wondering we use option -text for the former and -nowin for the later (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kishanreddy
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Determining if session is a login session

Besides 'who am i' and 'tty' what commands could be used to determine if a session is interactive as compared to a web process or cron process. Any command should work with the common unix variants. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jgt
3 Replies

5. HP-UX

ssh session getting hung (smilar to hpux telnet session is getting hung after about 15 minutes)

Our network administrators implemented some sort of check to kill idle sessions and now burden is on us to run some sort of keep alive. Client based keep alive doesn't do a very good job. I have same issue with ssh. Does solution 2 provided above apply for ssh sessions also? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: yoda9691
1 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

session logout

hi, im executing one script i,e sh test.sh i want to log out the sessing after script execution. and i do't want to user command like this. sh test.sh ; exit can i exit the session with the use of script pl help (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: arvindng
1 Replies

7. Solaris

I am not able to login in gnome session and java session in Sun solaris 9& 10

I am not able to login in gnome session and java session in Sun solaris 9& 10 respectively through xmanager as a nis user, I am able to login in common desktop , but gnome session its not allowing , when I have given login credentials, its coming back to login screen, what shoul I do to allow nis... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: durgaprasadr13
0 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hiding Directories on a Session by Session basis

Hi, Apologies if anyone has read my recent post on the same subject in the Linux forum, just thought actually the solution might more likely come from scripting. Essentially, I am trying to restrict access to directories based on the user's name AND their location on a session-by-session... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: en7smb
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

sqlplus session being able to see unix variables session within a script

Hi there. How do I make the DB connection see the parameter variables passed to the unix script ? The code snippet below isn't working properly. sqlplus << EOF user1@db1/pass1 BEGIN PACKAGE1.perform_updates($1,$2,$3); END; EOF Thanks in advance, Abrahao. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: 435 Gavea
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question