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How logout from login-menu bash script?

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I want to have a simple apps menu, in bash script, for users that don't want access to the shell. How can I provide a "Logout" option to do the equivalent of 'Ctrl-D' and log the user out of the system instead of just returning to a shell prompt, and also to log the user out if they do Ctrl-C in the menu? At present I am running the menu script from the users' .bash_profile as follows:- /usr/bin/menu-script exit 0 Any other advice on the subject of login menu scripts would be welcome. Thanks Mike

Name: Danny Larouche
Date: April 12, 2002 at 12:01:07 Pacific

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Set this script as the default shell in the /etc/passwd file. Its simple and secure. Second option is to call it with "exec" exec /usr/bin/menu-script exec will replace the current shell with itself.

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Thanks Danny I think it would have taken weeks of reading to find those answers! Mike

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