Run script when logged out?
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?
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
Alternative solution
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.