Feature or Bug?

[der.hans]

Am 09. Sep, 2000 schwäzte Nathan Saper so:

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> Forgot to mention, this is with Debian 2.2 Potato.
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> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Nathan Saper wrote:
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> > When using the VT as root, after logging out, the screen is not

Sorry, when I originally read this, I wasn't very alert.

lufthans@spliff:~$ cat ~/.bash_logout 
# ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits.

# when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy

case "`tty`" in
    /dev/tty[0-9]) clear
esac
lufthans@spliff:~$ 

root doesn't have a .bash_logout.

> > cleared.  It just goes straight to the login prompt, leaving elements of
> > root's session shown on the screen.  It doesn't do this for standard
> > users.
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> > Is this a feature, or a bug?

It's either a feature or a bug in the philosophy behind the decision :).

ciao,

der.hans
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