Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/1/30 Andrew Oakley : >[snip] > Public domain, do as you like. > Slight bash optimisation included below... > [snip] > > username=$1 > > if [[ "$username" == "" ]] > > then > > username=$defaultusername > > fi > username=${1:-${defaultusername}} This single line replaces both the assignme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 30/01/2009 20:40, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Hi Rob > > I presume this is for your LTSP server? > > Have a trawl through the LTSP mailing list over on > SourceForge - I seem to remember that someone had a similar problem on a > Ubuntu installation just before Xmas and a work around was provided. > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 30 January 2009 17:16 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout On 30/01/2009 16:51, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I was wondering if any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 30/01/2009 16:51, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on >> Ubuntu when a user logs out? >> > > See below. Public domain, do as you like. > > By default the script will assume the username "visitor". You can pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 30/01/2009 15:11, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Rob, come to think of it, I am sure tom brough has sorted this out with > his LTSP network, as i think he auto created accounts then the data gets > deleted when the session is over. > > Paul > > As far as I was aware it kept the data so users could a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Andrew Oakley
Rob Beard wrote: > I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on > Ubuntu when a user logs out? See below. Public domain, do as you like. By default the script will assume the username "visitor". You can pass a different username as a parameter if you wish. I use this to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Sutton
Rob Beard wrote: > On 30/01/2009 12:44, Lucy wrote: >> 2009/1/29 Rob Beard: >> >>> Actually having a bit of a play I think I might have found a >>> workaround. I ended up installing the GDM Watchdog which checks for >>> when a user logs out (or alternatively turns off the client). It then >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 30/01/2009 12:44, Lucy wrote: > 2009/1/29 Rob Beard: > >> Actually having a bit of a play I think I might have found a >> workaround. I ended up installing the GDM Watchdog which checks for >> when a user logs out (or alternatively turns off the client). It then >> closes all the users pro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Lucy
2009/1/29 Rob Beard : > Actually having a bit of a play I think I might have found a > workaround. I ended up installing the GDM Watchdog which checks for > when a user logs out (or alternatively turns off the client). It then > closes all the users processes so in there I've put in a test comman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/1/30 Rob Beard : > On 29/01/2009 23:37, Paul Sutton wrote: >> I thought the guest account did this, or can be set to, so I would >> assume if it does its a case of either: >> >> using the guest account or >> figuring out how it does it and reproduce for a different account >> >> Paul >> > Does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/01/2009 23:37, Paul Sutton wrote: > I thought the guest account did this, or can be set to, so I would > assume if it does its a case of either: > > using the guest account or > figuring out how it does it and reproduce for a different account > > Paul > Doesn't look like there is a guest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Sutton
Farran Lee wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 21:38 +, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on >> Ubuntu when a user logs out? >> >> Basically what I to achieve is have a script run to automatically when a >> user logs out of th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Alec Wright
*come=home sorry 2009/1/29 Alec Wright > Not sure about clearing it on logout, but i expect clearing it on login > will do? System>Prefs>Sessions > Add>Command: rm -fr $HOME/* ; cp /etc/skel/* $HOME/ > That deletes everyhting in the come dir and then copies the default home > dir > > 2009/1/29 R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Alec Wright
Not sure about clearing it on logout, but i expect clearing it on login will do? System>Prefs>Sessions Add>Command: rm -fr $HOME/* ; cp /etc/skel/* $HOME/ That deletes everyhting in the come dir and then copies the default home dir 2009/1/29 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if anyone kn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/01/2009 21:49, Farran Lee wrote: > > i tried that once before - i basically made their home directory a > folder in the /tmp directory. That worked... > but then the new powermanager/user switcher-y thing instead of the > shutdown button has a "guest" session in it. Not sure how to access

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

2009-01-29 Thread Farran Lee
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 21:38 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if anyone knew how to clear out the home directory on > Ubuntu when a user logs out? > > Basically what I to achieve is have a script run to automatically when a > user logs out of their Gnome session so it res