Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:55:41 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: JSINNOTT@pomona.edu Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BASH shell script question.. Message-ID: <9601060555.AA08315@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <01HZNTWGSU6Q8WX29B@POMONA.EDU> (message from JOHN on Fri, 05 Jan 1996 18:56:10 -0800 (PST))
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>>>>> "JOHN" == JOHN <JSINNOTT@pomona.edu> writes:
JOHN> If I want a command to exit a shell script, and then exit
JOHN> the login shell (logging out the user), how would I pass the
JOHN> command to the login shell?
The script could send kill -HUP to the login shell.
JOHN> Or, even better, is it possible to make a shell script the
JOHN> login shell, so that once the script exits, the user is
JOHN> logged off?
Yes. Just make the script the login shell in the password file for
the user in question. As root, use vipw or chpass -s to change the
login shell to the full pathname of the script. Make sure the script
is executable. That's it.
Also, if you DON'T list the script pathname as a valid shell in
/etc/shells, the user won't be able to change his login shell to
anything else. If you do list the script pathane in /etc/shells, then
the user can change his login shell to anything else listed in
/etc/shells.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
I saw a bank that said "24 Hour Banking", but I don't have that much
time. -- Steven Wright
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