How to Display Message to User after kicking them out with "pkill -u $user"

nwunye · 10-06-2017, 08:59 AM

I'm running a script that kicks specified users off my server after a specified time.

However, after the user is kicked off, I would like to display a message explaining to the user why they were kicked off.

I've tried the ".bash_logout" file but the message displays only after the user logs themselves out, not after my script kicks them off.

I appreciate any help with this - thank you!

DavidMcCann · 10-06-2017, 11:19 AM

There's a CLI command write that sends a message, but I'm not sure whether that works on a GUI. There's also a program called LinPopUp which does produce a window in the GUI, so long as you have Samba installed.
http://linpopup2.sourceforge.net/