Clearing Screen on Logout?
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From: Carlos Williams on 2 Mar 2010 13:00 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? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d80f793f1003020952p1aa57001t53cefc1f14b58d53(a)mail.gmail.com
From: ludovico van on 2 Mar 2010 13:10 On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Carlos Williams <carloswill(a)gmail.com> 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). i have this in $HOME/.bash_logout : # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits. # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then [ -x /usr/bin/clear_console ] && /usr/bin/clear_console -q fi however a simple "clear" should be enough bye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5eb330f91003021000t51554437rc98bd4542316aafe(a)mail.gmail.com
From: James Zuelow on 2 Mar 2010 13:10 > -----Original Message----- > From: ludovico van [mailto:ludovicovan80(a)gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 02 March, 2010 09:00 > To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Clearing Screen on Logout? > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Carlos Williams > <carloswill(a)gmail.com> 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). > > i have this in $HOME/.bash_logout : > # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits. > > # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy > > if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then > [ -x /usr/bin/clear_console ] && /usr/bin/clear_console -q > fi > > however a simple "clear" should be enough > > bye > Another way of doing that is: mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.original clear > /etc/issue cat /etc/issue.original >> /etc/issue Then the console will clear when /etc/issue is read. Although I do not usually change my shell so while I think it is a bit more portable if you use something like csh, etc. I am not absolutely positive. James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4A09477D575C2C4B86497161427DD94C149F78859C(a)city-exchange07
From: Chris Jackson on 2 Mar 2010 13:10 Carlos Williams wrote: > I think having to type 'clear' before log out is crazy. Also if I have > 1,000 users, thats a log of files to edit. Is there no global file > config that will achieve this? /etc/bash.logout -- Chris Jackson Shadowcat Systems Ltd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B8D542D.6010306(a)shadowcat.co.uk
From: Stephen Powell on 2 Mar 2010 13:10
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-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1408441073.16196761267552992905.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com |