stopping cinnamon-started apps at logout

[Ahmad Samir]

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.
>
> The exact program I'm running is a IMAP watcher that watches my remote
> INBOX and grabs the new mail as soon as it arrives.   It would be good
> if it stopped when I logged out.
>
>            /usr/bin/getmail --idle=INBOX
>
> Any ideas?  Do I have to keep track of the PID myself and find a logout
> hook to hang a kill -HUP onto?  Does .bash_logout or .logout even get
> called?
>
>   -wolfgang
>

I am not sure but it could be systemd-logind; try editing 
/etc/systemd/logind.conf and change:

#KillUserProcesses=no

to
KillUserProcesses=yes

then reboot the system or restart systemd-logind.service.

(Check the logind.conf manual page for more details).

-- 
Ahmad Samir