On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:52:31 -0500 (EST), Carlos Williams wrote: > > I noticed that with Debian when I logout of my system, it doesn't > clear the screen to the login screen via bash only (non GUI). Normally > in RHEL, Arch, Ubuntu, and most other distributions when a user logs > out or exits from a shell, their history is not visible on the screen > but in Debian, it is. Is there any way to change this? How can I exit > a shell window in Debian and have it clear my scrolled up commands and > actions to a blank login screen?
This is true only for the root user. If you logout from a virtual terminal as a normal user, the screen clears. If you logout from a virtual terminal as root, the screen does not clear. That's because root does not have the standard .bash_logout file. It's easy to fix. Just copy it from your non-superuser self. For example, if your normal user account is "carlos", then issue this command as root: cp /home/carlos/.bash_logout ~ I can't remember if it takes effect on the logout from this session, but it will for sure on logout after the next login. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1408441073.16196761267552992905.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
