Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:08:54 -0400 From: DW <spock@dwinner.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .bash_logout and shutdown -- need ideas Message-ID: <44D37F26.8080307@dwinner.net> In-Reply-To: <20060804170140.28887.qmail@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060804170140.28887.qmail@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Andrew Gould wrote: > --- DW <spock@dwinner.net> wrote: > > >> Hi all, >> >> Have a bit of an issue here: >> >> Just started using a .bash_logout script to handle >> doing my unison >> commands whenever I logout at end of day so I don't >> forget to sync my >> local homedir to my server before I head home. >> >> Works fine as long as I just do a "# exit" when I'm >> done. >> >> But more often than not, I do a "# sudo shutdown -p >> now". >> >> The problem with that though, is that the shutdown >> process runs as root, >> and just drops the system, and I'm never actually >> getting logged out as >> much as booted out. So my .bash_logout doesn't run, >> and thus no unison >> unless I remember to run it manually first. >> >> Any ideas on how to work around this sitch? >> >> Thanks, >> DW >> >> > > Instead of using .bash_logout, why don't you create a > script that runs all of your logout tasks and then > ends with 'sudo shutdown -p now'? > That's a good idea; I'll probably end up doing something like that; I was actually thinking of of just making bash aliases for reboot and shutdown, I guess that would do the same thing. The other problem though I just discovered is that that will work fine if I'm just in on a console, but if I'm running XFCE, and choose reboot or shutdown from xfce's exit menu, that won't work. If I can't find a way to get xfce to use my exit script(s), then I guess I'll just have to get into the habit of bailing out to a console first before shutting down. > Andrew L. Gould > >
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