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Re: Orphaned User Accounts?



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.

I always hate it that the default skeleton for normal users is to
clear the screen on logout.  It is one of the irritating things that I
always fix on my systems so that it doesn't do that by default.  It
gets in the way of productivity.  If the user wants to clear the
screen then they can do so manually.  And it doesn't provide any
"protection" in the case of connection drops.  Better to be aware of
any sensitive information and to protect it as appropriate than to
have such an annoyance most of the time when it isn't needed and to
have it fail you at some critical time.

I had to give the counter opinion. :-)

Bob

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