Feature or Bug?

[Nathan Saper]

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This worked perfectly.  Thanks.

On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, der.hans wrote:

> Am 09. Sep, 2000 schwäzte Nathan Saper so:
> 
> > Forgot to mention, this is with Debian 2.2 Potato.
> > 
> > On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Nathan Saper wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Is this a feature, or a bug?
> 
> It's either a feature or a bug in the philosophy behind the decision :).
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
> -- 
> #  der.hans@LuftHans.com   home.pages.de/~lufthans/   www.Opnix.com
> #  Science is magic explained. - der.hans
> 
> 

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