Is it possible to run a script when and only when a user is logged out? Why I want to do this is so I can change the login message (sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "Message"). Is there a way to do this?
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CoffeeRain
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1Do you mean "upon logout" or "while logged out"? – JRobert Mar 20 '12 at 20:31
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@JRobert While logged out – CoffeeRain Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
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possible duplicate of How can I run/stop/relaunch an application automatically, at boot/login/some other time? – Mar 21 '12 at 02:43
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1See Make a script/app run on logout. – Mathias Bynens Mar 21 '12 at 11:07
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Machints has got a sample script available here to write the logon and logoff events to a log file.
You basically need to write your script, give it execute rights and then add it to the LogoutHook event:
sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow \ LogoutHook /usr/local/bin/logoutscript
For some more advanced script you can also have a look here
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Have a look at the launchd services. It's the built in service management system used by OSX. Some suggestions are to have launchd monitor a file, and using the logoutHook above, touch the file, which will trigger launchd to run. In the launchd job you can sleep the process for a few seconds to ensure that logout is completed.
Not the ideal solution, but could work.
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That wasn't what I was looking for. Instead of running while I was logged off, it ran while I was logging off. – CoffeeRain Mar 20 '12 at 20:53
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@CoffeeRain Added a potentail workaround. Not entirely sure how vaiable it but worth investigating. – BinaryMisfit Mar 20 '12 at 21:11
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You can change your login screen text, no need to run a script if this is a one-time or infrequent change. You have to add the key
to /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist either with a text editor or by a terminal command which does the same thing. This article describes both ways.
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See here for how to run a script: How can I run/stop/relaunch an application automatically, at boot/login/some other time?
Have your script check if user logged in. If yes, exit. If no, do your thing.
