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macOS command to logout user

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Sunil

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 6, 2005
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Hi Guys,

Can any body tell me what is the command to logout user from system?

I know the "reboot" and "shutdown" command but I don't know how to logout the user from system.

Previously I was using Carbon API "SendAppleEventToSystemProcess" to restart,shutdown and logout in my Cocoa application. But now I have mad one daemon now this API is not working in my daemon. So I m looking for system commands to achieve these things.

Thanks in advance.
Sunil.
 
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kainjow

Moderator emeritus
Jun 15, 2000
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I don't know why it wouldn't work. The AE event is kAELogOut. If the Carbon functions aren't working (are you linking against Carbon.framework?), you could always use NSTask/system() and call the AppleScript directly with osascript.
 
robbieduncan

robbieduncan

Moderator emeritus
Jul 24, 2002
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Harrogate
Is the daemon running as the user? Or as another user (non-root). I'd imagine the system would not let you log other users out unless you are the super user.
 
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