On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Jan Lippuner wrote:

> Michael Reynolds wrote:
> 
> > > > I'm having a very weird problem. It seems that for some random reason, I
> > > > now cannot log out of my Linux account. I'm running RedHat 6.0 and
> > > > Gnome/Enlightenment and if I go to the Gome menu and choose "Logout"
> > > > nothing happens. I haven't changed a thing. Any ideas? I feel like a tool.
> > >
> > >  Are you sure it's not Gnome that won't exit, and not the fact you can't log
> > > out from a command line ?
> > >
> > >  If it's Gnome by itself, then there maybe a setting that's missing. If you can't
> > > use the "logout" command  from a command line, then I would say there's a
> > > greater problem.
> >
> > Thanks for the response. Here's what I get when I try to logout from the
> > command line:
> >
> > [michael@cy18291-c ~]$ logout
> > Not a login shell.
> > [michael@cy18291-c ~]$
> >
> > Thanks!
> >         ---Mike
> 
> This message means you're not on a login-shell. Use `exit` instead.
> 
> Hope that helps,

Well, all exit does is close my xterm. I'm still logged in and running
Gnome/Enlightenment.

Thanks!
        ---Mike

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