I've been teaching myself how to write login scripts, but I am having difficulty finding information about writing a LOGOUT script. I want to be able to record a log entry for when a user logs out of the X session.
Here's what I want to execute upon LOGOUT:
#!/bin/bash
# This script is intended to record when a user logs out of a TTY shell or the X session.
# This will record the results to a log file: logoutScript.log
# Variables used in this script.
dDate=$(date +%Y/%m/%d)
dTime=$(date +%l:%M%P)
logDir=/opt/scripts/logs
logFile=$logDir/logoutUser.log
# Begin operation of script.
echo "$dDate, $dTime - User '$USER' has logged out of the system." >> $logFile
# End of file
exit 0
I know that if I use the following on a login script, it works the way I want it. So how do I do the reverse for a LOGOUT script?
# Detect if user is logged into TTY shell or X session, then execute corresponding login script.
if xhost >& /dev/null ; then
gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"cd /opt/scripts && ./loginScripts.sh && cd $HOME \""
else
bash -c "cd /opt/scripts && ./loginScripts.sh && cd $HOME"
fi
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.
Best Answer
Open terminal (or also known as command line) by pressing together Ctrl+Alt+T or by finding it in the dash.
Run this command
sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
. This opens text editor with lightdm.conf file located in/etc/lightdm
folder.In the file you should have a line
[SeatDefaults]
. Below this line, entersession-cleanup-script=/path/to/your-script.sh
, where/path/to/your-script.sh
is the actual address of the script that you want to run.Note: make sure your script is set to executable by running:
Save and exit.
NOTE: as of 14.04 version, the config file doesn't exist and must be created manually OR copied from an example file using the following command:
If you just want a script on a logout of lime a terminal, just put that in
~/.bash_logout
.