Feature or Bug?

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
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>

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