From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 13 19:41:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7108152C1 for ; Thu, 13 May 1999 19:41:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA26908; Fri, 14 May 1999 12:41:18 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19990514124114.42522@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 12:41:14 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: rick hamell Cc: "K. Marsh" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Clearing scrollback at logout [was: Newbie tip] References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from rick hamell on Thu, May 13, 1999 at 07:20:18PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 07:20:18PM -0700, rick hamell wrote: > > > you're leaving behind. Making the screen look like you were never there > > is pretty meaningless, unless you're trying to hide the fact that you > > logged in from a moron. > > No, you're trying to hide important information that may still be > displayed. :) Stuff that others can use to hack in. Granted, I agree with > you, this is a bit paranoid. :) So as you log out, cat a huge text file, then do a 'clear' ad lib. The Handbook and FAQ are excellent candidates. -- Regards, -*Sue*- (` ;) '` <-- a moulting +0 budgerigar named Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message