[CoLoCo] Forcing a logout

[Kyle Anderson]

Kevin,
This is one option:
http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=674454

Basically giving you a log-off button at the lock screen. Yes I know,
not automatic.

A step further might be to actually set the screensaver to run the command:
gnome-session-save --kill --silent

I think to do this you would make your own custom one in:
/usr/share/applications/screensavers

Then maybe lock out the settings for his sessions somehow (chown?
probably a simpler way)

Kyle

On 7/24/10, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good way in Ubuntu 10.04 to force a logout after a
> certain period of inactivity.
>
> OK, every time this question seems to get asked, the same answer comes up...
> So let me address this answer now:
>    NO, I AM NOT WILLING TO JUST LET THE PERSON LOCK THE SCREEN, IF THAT WAS
> ACCEPTABLE, I WOULD NOT BE ASKING FOR AN AUTOMATIC LOGOUT!!!
>
> ok, rant over.
>
> I have a kid that keeps hitting CTRL-L to lock the screen.  Not sure where
> he learned that, cuz I didn't even know that keyboard shortcut until he
> showed it to me.  I tried yelling, screaming, and locking him out (telling
> him that this sometimes happens when I have to kill his sessions when he
> does not log off), nothing works.  Short of grounding him from the computer,
> I don't know what else to do.
>
> I tried looking online, but none of the solutions I found there worked
> (including changing the key binding, but Ubuntu did something goofy and that
> solution did not work), and of course every time the question was asked some
> idiot said "well just lock the screen", errrrrrr.  I have limited resources
> on this computer, I don't need 3 and 4 X sessions going at once.  If the kid
> is not on the computer for 30 minutes, I want it to lock him off.  Simple.
> But apparently the changes to X have made this not so simple.
>
> Ideas??
>
>
> Kevin Fries
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