On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:00:33AM -0800, Ben Yau wrote: > > > And what prevents him from clearing the log in his logout script? > > > You'll just get a nice empty file mailed to you every time he logs > > > in.... > > > > > True, I didn't know how linux savvy of a user he was dealing with. Ours > > wasn't and this worked for us. > > > > Actually, even if he empties it on logout, it will still write the commands > from that login sessoin. bash will write the command history as the last > step of logging out. Try it out yourself . Put > > echo "" > ~/.bash_history Replace that with: history -c Poof, history gone. Verified. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list