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Subject: Automatic logoff from X
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Date: 19 May 89 19:01:55 GMT
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From: rls@eatdust.uswest.COM ()


I am designing an application which must be portable across
a number of UNIX machines, and which might also be run
from an X-terminal.

I would like to put an "exit" option on the window mgr
menu which would not only exit the user from X, but also
log them out of UNIX.

Not all window managers have implemented an exit option.

On an HP machine, I was able to do an "exec x11start" in
my .profile,  which Logged me off when I hit CTRL-SHIFT-RESET.
However, I would like this done under program control.

WHile in an xterm window, 
I tried to send a kill -9 to the login shell,  which
logged me off, but the window manager wouldn't die.  
I can kill the window manager, but that doesn't
log me off. ( If I could find the
right pid to kill, I could do it in a program ).

ANy ideas,  also on how to deal with the fact that
on an X-terminal,  the  application would be
running on a different machine than the X-server.

If possible, I would like to avoid doing a "ps"
type command since they are not portable across
machines.  


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