Kicking users off system

keysorsoze · 04-01-2006, 09:00 PM

Hi! I am searching for a command to kick users off a system. When I issue the w command and see selected users I would like to log them out.

Thanks

btmiller · 04-01-2006, 09:10 PM

You can use ps aux to figure out the process ID (pid) of their shell and then kill that process (via the kill command).

haertig · 04-01-2006, 09:11 PM

Use pkill and the username. e.g., if you want to wipe user "fred" out:

Code:

$ su
# pkill -u fred
#

This will kill all fred's processes (will send them a SIGTERM signal, actually). Loggin him out. You can due this with aditional predjudice with:

Code:

# pkill -9 -u fred

keysorsoze · 04-01-2006, 09:19 PM

Thanks for the fast response you people rock.

Thanks

ckoniecny · 04-01-2006, 09:19 PM

Check out skill also.

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keysorsoze · 04-01-2006, 10:37 PM

Thanks they all work perfectly now I can boot idlers.