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GUI Junkie
Asked: 2012-03-20 02:15:37 +0800 CST

User script at logout

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The problem: I'm sharing a directory with my wife. I've placed us both in a 'shared' group and the directory belongs to the 'shared' group as well. Whenever one of us creates a file, this file belongs to user:user, instead of user:shared...

The solution: I can do sudo chown, but my wife can't. So, I want to run a script when I logout of the session.

If I understand correctly, the startup scripts go in /etc/init.d/ and the runlevel scripts go /etc/rc0.d/ where 0 is the runlevel (0-6).

Questions: Do the runlevel scripts execute only on exit/logout? Do these depend on the user, that is, I'd like to run it only for my user (not so important in this case, mind)? Which runlevel should I choose (my guess is 5)? Should I place the script somewhere else?

Also, I imagine that the script will be run by root, so there's no need for sudo within the script, is that correct?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I believe you can use setgid bit?

    From man 2 chmod:

    S_ISGID (02000) set-group-ID (set process effective group ID on execve(2); mandatory locking, as described in fcntl(2); take a new file's group from parent directory, as described in chown(2) and mkdir(2))

    Runlevel scripts are executed only on runlevel changes.

    See also this thread: https://superuser.com/questions/65460/create-a-logoff-script-task-for-linux

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    • Do the runlevel scripts execute only on exit/logout?

    Those in /etc/init.d only on startup/shutdown, not while switching user/logout/login.

    • Do these depend on the user, that is, I'd like to run it only for my user (not so important in this case, mind)?

    Since they run before login: No, they don't depend on the user.

    • Which runlevel should I choose (my guess is 5)?

    Ubuntu uses normally 2 as standard runlevel. You can test it with 

    runlevel

    in the shell.

    • Should I place the script somewhere else? according to brownian, you could use ~/.logout, but a better solution is, to produce the files with a proper Group-ID. This can be done with starting the editor with sg.

      sg share gedit

    sg acts similar to su - switch user/switch group. Maybe you can put a starter into your panels, for easy access. Brownians solution for the whole directory looks even better.

    • Also, I imagine that the script will be run by root, so there's no need for sudo within the script, is that correct?

    That's correct.

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