On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Hughes, Timothy P wrote:
> You could kill their shell. Looking in the process list (using ps), you
> could kill the shell that they are using with the kill command. However, I
> have never tried this, and do not know if there are any side effects to
> doing this. (read as "really bad system stuff...")....:)
If you are logged in as root and have the privilaeges to do this and do
nothing else, there will be no system damage. But, if the one logged on
is a legitimate user he/she might be unhappy. If you are only recovering
from a runaway terminal or such, no proble.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rod Gotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 7:18 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: How do I...
> >
> >
> > I read the linux-learn faq and it is very good; however, it
> > did not answer
> > some of my questions:
> >
> > 1) Using "who" or "w" I can see who is logged in. How can I
> > kick someone
> > off, given the information from "who" ?
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