> echo "Oi you! Log off!" | wall > I'd do something more evil like : init 1 or touch /etc/nologin or ps aux | grep -v [r]oot | grep [p]ts | awk '{print $2}' | kill -9 I think the last one would work, but it might also kill other things. Perhaps looking for bash processes would be superior. *yawn* *stretch* *sleepy* David.