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user logout command in terminal

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Is there a terminal command I can use to logout one user and login as another?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

why not just use the su command? you can then have a shell running as another user as long as you know it's password.

You can even use sudo to launch a new terminal as a different user and use your own password as authentication (assuming you have full sudo access).

Does this solve the issue?

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Ken (ken-1) said : 		#2

Andrew, I am having a problem a problem with the session manager not allowing me to shut down my system.

(Session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown)

I'm hoping for a command that will allow me to logout so that I can login as a different user to test if the same problem exists for the new user.

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Ken (ken-1) said : 		#3

I solved an immediate problem by creating a launcher as follows...

Comment: Log out of the Xfce Desktop
Command: shutdown now -h

This closes down my machine with no questions asked. If I add 'sudo' into the command, it doesn't work at all. Weird, but I'm happy until 18.04 comes my way!