Re: ^A^D to logout ?
aphro said:
> i was wondering why debian (maybe linux in general, or is it
> bash?) doesn't allow you to use ^A^D to logout ..it just says to use
> 'exit' to log out.. im sure i could override this but wanted to ask incase
> there is something security related to ^A^D ..i use it on my sgi indy and
> it works great..can logout of multiple terminals in a split second..
One of your logon profiles (/etc/profile, .profile, .bash_profile,
.bashrc...) probably contains the line IGNOREEOF=1. Remove it and ^D will
log you out.
It's basically just there to prevent people from hitting ^D one time too many
and accidentally logging out.
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