Quitting and Logging out

Ending a session

When you are ready to leave a session, click on the File drop-down menu in the upper left of the Web browser window and select "Exit," "Quit," or "Exit program." You may be asked to confirm that you really want to quit the program.

Logging out of your account

If you are quitting for the day, don't forget to log out!

If you don't log out of your account, the next person who sits down at the workstation has access to all your files. Not logging out is just as dangerous as giving your password to someone. Logging out will close all the windows for you.

To log out from a Unix workstation

1. Select the "logout" option from the "root" menu. To get to the root menu, position the pointer over the background (an area of the screen not covered by a window) and press and hold the right mouse button (called MB3).
   
2. Still holding down MB3, drag the pointer through the list of items until "Logout" is highlighted.
   
3. Release the mouse button. After several seconds the computer will log you out and return to the login screen. Some machines prompt you to confirm that you want to log out.
   
4. Be sure that the Login screen (where you type in your Unity ID and password) appears before you leave. This ensures that you have actually logged out.

Go to the Unix Workstation Guide.

Content last updated May, 2004, by daniel
Page last modified June 15, 2005 by cawalker