endsession(1)

     NAME
          endsession - terminates a login session

     SYNOPSIS
          endsession [ -f ] [ -display displayname ]

     DESCRIPTION
          endsession terminates a login session initiated  by  xdm  by
          removing  the  session property placed on the root window by
          reaper.  Removal of this property is a signal  to  xdm  that
          the  session  should  be  closed.  This results in immediate
          termination of the current login  session.  endsession  uses
          the  environment  variable DISPLAY to determine what session
          to terminate.

          Command line options are available  to  change  the  display
          variable  and  to  suppress  the  confirmation  window.  The
          command line options are:

          -display displayname
                  Overrides the environment variable DISPLAY.  Changes
                  which session will be terminated.

          -f      Surpresses the confirmation window, endsession  will
                  just run. (The 'f' stands for "force.")

          endsession has no effect on "failsafe" login sessions  since
          reaper  is  not run. Such sessions are terminated by exiting
          the login shell.

     WARNING
          Execution of endsession causes the immediate termination  of
          the session specified by DISPLAY.

     SEE ALSO
          reaper(1), xdm(1)