On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:46 -0400, jdawgaz@cox.net wrote: > ---- Nathan Aubrey wrote: > > On Monday 19 March 2007, Craig White wrote: > > > looking for a way to have user accounts (local or ldap) whose data is > > > erased (not saved) upon logout. > > > > > > Are there any methods that can accomplish this? > > > > Make sure you have it setup to create their account with pam on login, then > > when logging out edit the .bash_logout file to delete their homedir. When > > they login again, it will be re-created. Make sure everything they need to > > login is ready in the /etc/skel file, including the correct .bash_logout file > > you know I thought something like this would work, but after looking at the bash man page for a while, I'm not sure. > > 1) you would have to make certain when you create the directory that you create a .bash_logout that is owned by root, and that the perms don't allow any other user to edit .bash_logout. > > 2) also, can you delete a parent directory while reading a file in it? that would be the case if you are executing .bash_logout while trying to delete its parent directory. ---- quite the contrary...this is Linux and not Windows. You can delete files that are 'open' and you can delete subdirectories even if you have a shell whose current working directory is that now deleted subdirectory (though it will cause ancillary issues). Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss