#!/bin/sh ## Suspend - suspend a user account for the indefinite future homedir="/home" # home directory for users secs=10 # seconds before user is logged out if [ -z $1 ] ; then echo "Usage: $0 account" >&2 ; exit 1 elif [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ] ; then echo "Error. You must be 'root' to run this command." >&2; exit 1 fi echo "Please change account $1 password to something new." passwd $1 # Now, let's see if they're logged in, and if so, boot 'em if [ ! -z $(who | grep $1) ] ; then tty="$(who | grep $1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}')" cat << "EOF" > /dev/$tty ************************************************************* URGENT NOTICE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR: This account is being suspended at the request of management. You are going to be logged out in $secs seconds. Please immediately shut down any processes you have running and log out. If you have any questions, please contact your supervisor or John Doe, Director of Information Technology. ************************************************************* EOF echo "(Warned $1, now sleeping $secs seconds)" sleep $secs killall -s HUP -u $1 # send hangup sig to their processes sleep 1 # give it a second... killall -s KILL -u $1 # and kill anything left echo "$(date): $1 was logged in. Just logged them out." fi # Finally, let's close off their home directory from prying eyes: chmod 000 $homedir/$1 echo "Account $1 has been suspended." exit 0