[X-Unix] Remote force logout and lockout of user

[James Bucanek]

Dennis Fazio wrote on Sunday, June 13, 2004:
>What is the best way to force logout a particular user 
><uncooperative_teenager> on a remote system (of which I have administrator 
>rights) and temporarily prevent additional logins?
>
>I've come up with:
>ssh to remote system and login to my admin account
>use "passwd uncooperative_teenager" and change their password
>use ps -aux to see all processes
>kill process ID of their 
>/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow 
>process.

Doesn't work on mine.  Sure, it logs the user out, but loginwindow just restarts and logs 'em right back in again.

I also tried 'killall -u baduser' with similar results.

Personally, I'd just take the gloves off.  Change the password, then

    sudo reboot
    
James

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