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Re: [Plug] log user out at subshell level?
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Why not change /usr/choice or whatever to check to see if /backing-up
exists? If it does, display messsage, logout. If it doesnt... rock on.
Then just modify your backup scripts to touch /backing-up and rm it at
the end...
Mental
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
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> This was to be a simple solution. I don't want to change people's login
> shells. The intent was to inform users that file backup was in progress and
> to not login to run any applications at this time.
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> mortis@voicenet.com on 11/01/99 09:33:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Plug] log user out at subshell level?
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> Can you change their login shell to a shell script instead of
> [sh|bash|ksh|csh|zsh|ash|tcsh] that just does the following:
> ###########################################################################
> #####
> #!/bin/sh
> cat /some/file/to/see
> echo '[hit enter]'
> read
> exit
> ###########################################################################
> #####
> Once they login, they'll get the chance to see the file, and then when
> they hit enter, it will automaticly exit.
> Save the old passwd file, and restore everything when you're ready for them
> to have accounts again.
> k
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> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
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> > This is for when I need to have all users in a group to get a temporary
> > message when they log in, hit [enter] and then they are logged out.
> Single
> > user mode in this case is not acceptable. Right now, each user's .
> > bash_profile calls a menu script called /usr/choice. I want to
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> > switch that script out with a the temporary message script. I don't want
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> > change .bash_profile itself unless I have to. Thanks.
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> > bud@buxcom.net on 10/28/99 08:14:32 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [Plug] log user out at subshell level?
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> > > > Is there any way that I can invoke a command within a subshell
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> > > > script to log the user out? I don't want to use .bash_profile or
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> > > > replacements. TAMIA
> > > You mean like kill -9 0
> > I just read the initial message over again. you said not using
> > .bash_profile
> > which made my last suggestion useless. What are you trying to do?
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