Dedicated Server Hosting

If you wish to kill the process of a user on your Dedicated server Hosting or if you want to terminate a users process from the shell then you can use the commands given below :-

If you want the user jason’s process detailsps -aux |grep jason

from the output just kill the process id of that user and that user will be out from the shell without any wall message for him/her.

If you wish to complete this process by any other way then you can follow the steps given below :-

Task: How to halt/stop user called jason

Type the skill command as follows:
# skill -STOP -u jason

You muse be root to stop other users.
Task: How to resume an already halted user called jason

To send a CONT signal to user jason, type the following command:
# skill -CONT -u jason
Task: How to kill and logout user called jason

To send a KILL signal, type the following command:
# skill -KILL -u jason
Task: Kill and logout all users

The ultimate command to kill and logout all users, type the following command:
# skill -KILL -v /dev/pts/*

Important:Make sure that you send a notice or a warning message to the users to logout before you use the wall command which will prevent the data loss.

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