Force User Logout on Linux

linux logout

There are two commands can be used: skill and pkill

• Halt/Stop a user

  skill -STOP -u <username>
  

  or

  pkill -STOP -u <username>
  

• Resume Halted User

  skill -CONT -u <username>
  

  or

  pkill -CONT -u <username>
  

• Kill and Logout a User

  skill -KILL -u <username>
  

  or

  pkill -KILL -u <username>
  

• Kill and Logout All Users

  skill -KILL -u /dev/pts/*
  

• Kill all php-cgi process owned by a user

  pkill -KILL -u <username> php-cgi
  

Reference
https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-kill-and-logout-users.html

Written on November 13, 2017