running scripts while login and logout

L.V.Gandhi lvgandhi at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 14:56:45 UTC 2006


Am I correct that anything in /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default will be run as root.
I wanted a script to be run as user while (s)he logs out.

On 1/23/06, Olafur Arason <olafra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do gedit /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default
>
> the add something like:
> echo "1234" > /tmp/prufa
> after:
> PATH="/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/X11R6/bin:$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin"
> OLD_IFS=$IFS
>
> you can then replace echo with any command you like.
> This works for login out, for login in you can use the session-manual file or
> the /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
>
> Olafur Arason
>
> 2006/1/24, L.V.Gandhi <lvgandhi at gmail.com>:
> > On 1/23/06, Olafur Arason <olafra at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Basically it goes into ~/.gnome2/session-manual and is read
> > > through gnome-session which is what gdm runs to start gnome.
> >
> > Thank You very much. Is there any thing like this to run a script by
> > an user while logging out?
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