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Hi everyone,
let's say there are 2 users currently logged in. One of them wants to reboot due to some reason. 2 choices are now available:
a) Log in the other user to logout and switch back to the first one in order to reboot.
b) Provide an admin's name/pw to logout other users automatically.
My question is: What happens technically when going with option b?
Will the other user's apps all be force-quit or will they quit normally unless there are unsaved changes? Or is it even something else?
I'm asking because the second user usually only has Safari, Mail, iCal open so there are no save dialogues when quitting the apps manually and it would save some time to just log him out automatically instead of switching to his account only to log him out. Of course I don't want any unneccessary force-quits to happen due to the fact that prefs won't get saved this way compared to a normal quit.
Hope you get it and thanks!
Björn

I just did some testing and it really seems to be a force-quit under all circumstances. Knowing that an app's preferences don't get written to disk when doing a force-quit by hand (cmdaltesc) I tried the following:
I left the 2nd user logged in, changed Mail's window position and a setting in TextEdit's preferences. Both settings are stored in their respective plists. I then switched back to the first user, selected to reboot and typed in my admin name and pw. After reboot I saw that the 2ns user's app prefs weren't saved. TextEdit reverted to the settings before my change and Mail showed its window on the last saved position.
Thanks for your input. Seems like it always is a force-quit this way and it's good to know that.
Björn

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