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I'm very very new to the linux world. I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I was wondering how to log out my user using the terminal. I searched the web and all the sites say that I should run the command logout or exit. But here's the problem. Using logout throws me a message saying I should use exit. And using exit just closes the terminal, I'm still logged in.
How can achieve this?
Thanks in advance.
cdonts
Posted 2014-02-06T18:43:54.783
Reputation: 153
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If you are using gnome,
gnome-session-quit
or
gnome-session-save --force-logout
or also
dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.gnome.SessionManager /org/gnome/SessionManager org.gnome.SessionManager.Logout uint32:1
If you use KDE,
qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1
In LXDE,
lxde-logout
In XFCE,
xfce4-session-logout
Whatever your desktop environment, you can define an alias to make your life easier. Edit the file /home/your_name/.bashrc,
and place in it, toward the end, the following line:
alias mylg='gnome-session-quit'
or whichever command you wish. Source the file,
source .bashrc
and you now have a brand new command, mylg, which will log you out.
MariusMatutiae
Posted 2014-02-06T18:43:54.783
Reputation: 41 321
The first command works on Ubuntu. Thanks a lot! – cdonts – 2014-02-07T01:57:55.143
exitshould be the correct term, when you say "log out" do you mean leave the XWindow (GUI) system? – Rudu – 2014-02-06T18:45:42.037Hi thanks for your answer. Yes, I mean that or going back where you need to put your user password to log in (just like a log out in Windows). – cdonts – 2014-02-06T18:47:14.457
In the upper right hand corner there are several small icons. Click on one them at a time, one will present you with the options Shutdown/Logout/restart computer. – MariusMatutiae – 2014-02-06T18:50:19.450
Thanks for your answer but I'm asking about doing that from the terminal/command line. – cdonts – 2014-02-06T18:54:30.743