Exiting via a script

[A5k]

Hi all,
I'm trying to write a script that, when completed will log the user out of their account. Any helpful hints ideas?

pseudo script
ls -al
chmod 700 *
exit


It's the "exit" that I can get. I have to somehow exit the parent from a child...hrmmmm

-a5k

 

[kasparov]

One way is to exec the script from the user's .profile.

But this won't allow them to do anything other than run that script ...

 

[A5k]

One way I've discovered is using the ". command". Let's say the name of the script is bye, then the command would look like:

$. bye

The dot command executes the script in the current shell without spawning a child process. Still not exactly what I'm looking for....

-a5k

 

[SamBones]

Try the following...

1) First, place the following line in your [tt].profile[/tt] (assuming Korn shell here)...
[tt]
export ROOTPID=$$
[/tt]
This is to capture the process id of the top level process in the session.

2) Then, in your script where you want to log them out...
[tt]
sync ; sync ; sleep 1
kill -HUP ${ROOTPID}
sleep 3
kill -9 ${ROOTPID}
[/tt]
The first two lines, the sync's, sleep, and first kill, are to try to let the session end nicely, flushing buffers and cleaning up before it dies. The final "kill -9" is the icepick in the forehead kill that terminates the session.

There may be an easier way, this is just what came to mind first.

 

[mi294r3]

1. ------

should work if PseudoScript is a child of the logon shell

Create alias, define in .profile

alias PseudoScript='. PseudoScript"

where PseudoScript

echo 'Hello, GoodBye'
exit


2. ------
Should work for nested shells IF login and logout command user match

where PseudoScript

echo 'Hello, GoodBye'
logout


JRjr