[LightDM] session-cleanup-script on logout/reboot

tjoen tjoen at dds.nl
Wed Apr 30 09:40:55 PDT 2014


On 30-04-14 16:08, Andre Esser wrote:
> I've created a script to back up the user's home directory on logout by
> using the session-cleanup-script parameter in lightdm.conf.
>
> This is working fine if the user only logs out without restarting or
> shutting down the PC.
> If the user shuts down or reboots the PC from their Gnome session, the
> script is still called, but it appears the shutdown process continues
> before the script terminates. The script runs for about 5 seconds, then
> the PC powers off/reboots.
>
> Is this the expected behaviour?
>
> Ubuntu 14.04 (lightdm 1.10.0)
Which init is Ubuntu using? Upstart or systemd?
I think easiest way is to add a wait in a stop-script.


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