On -5921-Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:57:51PM -0500, Jesse Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus, > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Aaron wrote: > > > I had someone SSHed into my box the other day (my laptop) while at > > work and I wanted to screw with him by booting him off. I obviously > > have root on my box, but I wonder if there is any "official" or > > "proper" way to make a user leave the system? > > > > Something along the lines of a "kick" is what I'm after. I achieved > > the same result by killing his topmost bash process, but not only is > > that probably dangerous and unpredictable, it doesn't let me add a > > mean message ;-) > > Shouldn't a real BOFH already know this? :-) > > Off the top of my head, try: > > 1) w | grep yuppyscum to get the terminal number (#) > 2) echo -e -n 'DIE SCUM!' > /dev/pts/# > 3) pkill -u yuppyscum > > I'm sure there are more elegant solutions, but I prefer the brute > forcefulness of this one. Plus, my way takes all of the user processes. > :) No (GNU) screen to the rescue.
That is the first REAL answer I've gotten. I especially like the echo bit. I will probably not have an application for this, but it's a wonderful example of how a sysadmin could become a BOFH in real life, rather than just the *clickity click* abstraction of fiction. -- Aaron Bieber - Graphic Design // Web Design http://www.core-dev.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
