Ending a user session

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Ending a user session

scalp8

3:28 pm on Jan 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

How do I end a specific user's session that is staying open. I've tried doing it through the database with no luck. I use putty to access the ssh (don't know if that makes a difference). Thank you.

mcavic

3:54 pm on Jan 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

Do you mean disconnect their ssh session? You need to find what tty they're on (using the w command), then find the process id of their shell like this: ps ax ¦ grep pts/1

Then as root, kill -9 the process id.

eeek

4:41 am on Mar 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

kill -9 the process id.

Be nice and try kill -1 before nuking it, please.

graeme_p

11:18 am on Mar 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

killall -u username

pkill -u username

pkill lets you specify the signal the same way as kill (-9 for example) whereas killall uses a -s or --signal switch.