RE: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)
----Original Message----
From: Morgan Gangwere [mailto:0.fractalus@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:42 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User
Accounts?)
> On 11/3/2010 9:30 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
>> I always wanted to tell them I hate the fact that when 'root' logs
>> out, the terminal / bash window doesn't clear like it does for normal
>> users. I think this should be a Debian default behavior. I can't see
>> a reason beyond over looking it as to why all my commands are still
>> visible as root after I log out.
>
> Even normal users have their last login shown. its not root-specific,
> its a problem with the login getter.
>
>
Here's a workaround. This will clear the screen for all users:
mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.original
clear > /etc/issue
cat /etc/issue.original >> /etc/issue
James Z
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