logging out using Scripts

[Stefan Saliba]

I need to make a script that once it is executed it will automatically log out the user

Does anyone maybe know how to actually log out the user ?

[Tracey]

At the end of your script, type:
exit
on a line by itself.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Stefan:

If you want the user to only be able to execute a particular script (as is common with menu-based loops), then either:

1. Substitute the script name in place of the normal shell name in the seventh, colon-delimited field of /etc/passwd.

2. As the last line of the user's $HOME/.profile, do:

exec <script>

This will cause the <script> to run and upon exiting, the user will be logged off.

...JRF...

[James H. Trice Ph.D.]

Under ksh "kill -HUP $PPID" will kill off the parent process if that is what you are trying to do.
Jim Trice