Questions tagged [logout]
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Run a .bat file upon logoff, windows XP, no domain controller
I have a standalone windows XP machine which is using pGina 1.8.8 to authenticate. Users log in using a single-sign-on ID (from LDAP) and are then logged into windows XP pro. I have a batch file which ...
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Graceful logout in dwm
I want dwm to close all windows gracefully when I press quit hotkey. I like Unity behaviour: it displays list of windows denying logout (for example, editors with unsaved changes) and do not logout ...
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Windows logs off immediately after logging in
My university has an application that students must run it to do tests (midterm, final,...). It's really annoying to all students. It will close all files it can close on the computer (system files ...
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Disable logout after x minutes in OSX 10.6.8
Every time we change the setting on an iMac running 10.6.8 to not log out after X number of minutes the preference seems to reset to log out after 55 minutes. We don't want the computer to log out as ...
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OS X 10.6.x: How to use launchd to start a script at specific system events (startup, login, logout, shutdown)?
We've tried to create scripts that run at startup, login, logout and shutdown. We had them up and running with 10.4 but can't get it running with 10.6
What is the right way to use launchd/launchctl to ...
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How to automatically save virtualbox vm state before logout?
I'm using oneiric with unity. I want to find a solution to automatically save the state of my virtualbox virtual machine before I logout or shutdown because I always forget to do it manually. I know I ...
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Macintosh OS X Logout Script
I am working on a project where I need to implement a logout script on some Macintosh computers. I have read the following Create a logoff script/task for Mac OS X article and found that while it is ...
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OS X Lion: How to fully logout a user?
After a user logs out I can still see various processes running belonging to that user (e.g. distnoted, launchd). One of the resulting problems is that I can't edit such a user in the System ...
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Grant permission for specific other AD users to unlock/log out user from PC
What I'm looking to do is permission a Windows PC (ideally XP but if a later OS version is required so be it) so that a select group of users can unlock the machine, logging the current user out. This ...
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How to run a script at login/logout in OS X?
I'm toying around with building a custom render farm manager, and I want to automatically add OS X machines to the render farm when they are not in use.
Is there a way to trigger a script to run ...
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How to lock a RHEL 5.3 workstation
I get option to SUSPEND/HIBERNATE or reboot/shutdown. Isn't there something similar to locking as in windows.
I don't want to log out each time I want a break(think bathroom, drink).
I would expect ...
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xfce4-session-manager - does not turn off your computer
I use ArchLinux and Xfce 4.8
when in xfce4-session-manager I select Reboot or ShutDown
my computer just logout.
To turn it off i have to use e.g. 'halt' in terminal.
It began a few days ego.
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How can I automatically log out users from a Windows machine?
I would like to make sure that people are logged out once they're done working on a single, specific multi-user machine. Currently, the next user will just "switch user" and keep working, but having ...
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Why does OS X automatically logout my user?
I have a new MacBook Air set up with FileVault.
In the Security Preference pane I have "Require password 1 hour after sleep or screen saver begins" enabled, but the "Logout after 60 minutes of ...
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pidgin: how to make it log logins/logouts of an ICQ buddy if the conversation tab is still open
when pidgin was called gaim and you had opened a tab with am ICQ buddy, all his logins and logouts were logged during the time you had that tab open. It didnt' even matter if your buddy was online ...
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