logout another ssh user

dkrysak · 03-17-2006, 10:11 PM

silly question...

when you have a remote shell on a system... and you get disconnected -- well the user is still logged in (as "top" shows) - How can I kill that rouge session?

Thanks!

spooon · 03-17-2006, 10:27 PM

Here's what I usually do:
* run "ps -fu $USER"
* find the processes that correspond to the previous login session
* look for one that says "sshd: blahblah" or "bash" or something like that
* find its PID
* do "kill <that number>"
* repeat if that did not kill all of them

Matir · 03-17-2006, 10:42 PM

Also, this is usually unnecessary -- sessions will eventually time out on their own.