Carlos Mennens wrote: > I've find it very useful. When you log out, that's it. You're done. > Why would you leave printable data on the screen for others to see > when you walk away from the terminal. It's a security vulnerability > and when you tell the system to "log off", you're saying 'I'm done'. The difference then is our operating models. For me it is not a single system. For me I am always working on a dozen systems with many terminals open to remote hosts simultaneously. For me the computer is not a single machine but instead the networked collection of hosts. > When you walk away from an ATM, you finish your transaction and expect > the screen to clear, right? Same thing to me. But an ATM is not a general purpose computer which many be used for many different activities. When you walk away from your car do you expect the license plate to go blank? There isn't a good analogy. > The beauty of Linux is the fact that we can change the things don't > make sense or work for us that do for a majority. Very true! Bob
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