#!/bin/bash # Script to logoff KDE/Gnome user session. # With proper permission via sudo it is possible that rest of the users # can use the same script. You can create Launcher to use this script # from Linux desktop. Tested on Debian Linux 3.x, but it should work with # other Linux distros and FreeBSD # ----------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/> # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Bins, adjust them as per your UNIX/Linux/BSD system (default is Debian) PS="/bin/ps" AWK="/usr/bin/awk" GREP="/bin/grep" XARGS="/usr/bin/xargs" KILL="/bin/kill" # Send HUP signal to X server :) $PS aux | $GREP X | $GREP -v "grep" | $AWK '{ print $2}' | $XARGS $KILL -HUP $1
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Hope this helps somebody looking to find a command-line way to log out of a Gnome session:
gnome-session-save –logout
For more options, run:
gnome-session-save –help
I don’t use KDE, but came across this:
dcop kdesktop default logout
and
qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0
(refs: forum.kde.org and kde.org)
wow…um… grep for X and kill it? ..