stopping cinnamon-started apps at logout

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wolfgang at wsrcc.com
Mon May 12 22:22:07 UTC 2014


Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> writes:
> On 11/05/14 18:52, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
>> I'd assumed that the apps started by cinnamon when I logged in would
>> also be killed when I logged out.  That doesn't seem to be the case for
>> non-X11 programs that hang around forever and watch files.  Those
>> programs just get passed off to PID 1 when one logs out and continue on
>> their merry way till the system reboots.  If one logs in again, another
>> instance of the program is started.
> I am not sure but it could be systemd-logind; try editing
> /etc/systemd/logind.conf and change:
>
> #KillUserProcesses=no
>
> to
> KillUserProcesses=yes

Thanks!  That is a great find.  I'll try. 

-wolfgang


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