[K12OSN] Purge processes when users log out

[Martin Woolley]

On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 1:22 pm, Trond Mæhlum wrote:
> I have noticed a function in K12LTSP in /etc/sysconfig/k12ltsp. I can
> set purge_processes=yes
>
> I thought that this would kill a users processes when he/she logs out.
> It doesn't. When I do a "top" from time to time, soffice.bin and
> firefox-bin often run for users who are not still logged in.
>
> Is there an extra hack that can be applied to remedy this? We use gdm
> and icewm

Is there a few minutes when no one is logged in?  We reboot our servers each 
night via cron, which ensures nobody is left logged in and any rogue 
processes are dealt with.  Not elegant but does the job. 
-- 
Regards
Martin Woolley
ICT Support
Handsworth Grammar School
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