How to logout [command] ?

abbyking · 12-02-2016, 10:37 AM

I don't know the command , to logout . I am using RHEL 5 ,no GUI.
I would also like to know the command for logging out , for RHEL 5 , with GUI.
Thank You.

schneidz · 12-02-2016, 10:44 AM

exit ?
ctrl-d ?

szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 10:45 AM

logout ?

Or do you mean a command that you can type in that will log you out of the gui?

jailbait · 12-02-2016, 11:43 AM

When you are at the command line the command to logout is:

logout

When you are using a GUI you logout by clicking on a menu entry. Each GUI uses a different click sequence to logout. What GUI are you using?

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szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 11:49 AM

RHEL uses gnome by default. If you are, in fact, asking for how to log out of the gui from the command line, you can type this:

Code:

DISPLAY=:0 gnome-session-quit --force

abbyking · 12-02-2016, 12:05 PM

I am using RHEL 5 . I am using using GUI . I want to know a command . so that when i enter a command from shell/terminal then the system will logout.

suicidaleggroll · 12-02-2016, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abbyking

I am using RHEL 5 ,no GUI.

Quote:

Originally Posted by abbyking

I am using RHEL 5 . I am using using GUI .

Which is it? Have you tried anything posted so far?

szboardstretcher · 12-02-2016, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abbyking

I am using RHEL 5 . I am using using GUI . I want to know a command . so that when i enter a command from shell/terminal then the system will logout.

I just answered you. Did you have success doing what I said?

abbyking · 12-02-2016, 12:21 PM

[mac-lin@localhost ~]$ gnome-session-quit --force
bash: gnome-session-quit: command not found

abbyking · 12-02-2016, 12:24 PM

hey! after a lot of time searching this forum ,i found that this

Quote:

gnome-session-save --kill

is working.
so when I type this in shell/terminal In rhel5(GUI), i get a gui message with options to logout restart shutdown.

abbyking · 12-02-2016, 12:26 PM

But how to logout when using rhel5(NO GUI) only text user interface , what is the command
because iam sure that this

Quote:

gnome-session-save --kill

will not be useful there.

michaelk · 12-02-2016, 01:00 PM

See man pages for gnome-session-save.

Have you tried the --logout or --force-logout options?

As stated logout or exit will logout from a non GUI terminal.

BW-userx · 12-02-2016, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abbyking

I don't know the command , to logout . I am using RHEL 5 ,no GUI.
I would also like to know the command for logging out , for RHEL 5 , with GUI.
Thank You.

Code:

sudo pkill -u "username"

Not sure if that will work for RHEL but I use it in a install of linux with fluxbox without a login manager in my term to logout of that and get me back to my login cli screen.

if you're just running the login screen then did you try logout?