Re: need to run shell script at gdm log out

["BlueSky77" <user=1518@nabble.blu.org>]

 David Kramer wrote: 
> Mike wrote: 
>> I'm looking for a way to run a shell script automatically every time a 
>> user logs out of Gnome or attempts to shut down the computer. Is this 
>> possible? 
>> 
>> What I'm trying to do is to back up the users home directory to a back 
>> up directory on a server, every time the user initiates a shut down. 
> 
> That's easy, though the exaxt details depend on your OS.  Just use the 
> /etc/init.d subsystem to make a K script for runlevel 5 (on my OS, that 
> would mean putting a script in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ starting with a K. 
> Whenever you exit X and return to runlevel 3 (or shut down), that script 
> will be run, 
> 
> THere's also ~/.bash_logout 
> 
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