From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 09:15:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C84C16A400 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D98713C45B for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:15:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w8so1055708mue for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:15:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mXUsWMIvHDWHqL8elqCJnmA4RCIOWHoI65tlL+Y87pJlkcuHrQcfbrbjvVEwW5KfrraAsO+l44UDgIvXxDoEYJLziImmXuXgXBnEfly0XMUUWY+SlNGAhMsnA0MkL2RzorKGAs4IqstgRyLNFNhwRyq/x1k2oAr4c8rnv7NIYbk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NNII1FHGe2M+qeXp9wdKKNxgwXfNyp1tEW/6gNAosJTUBymE9y7Nll9KWih8awEny04/f7EQstdikfFY4cRgnTDUeTqzW08z+aSiUIUw/T8pkxim7+FdLLo14fJbaHxzdFuDDr6QzPN0pZtevv8rElHMuUnw+HW3LrqnVj/ZjPU= Received: by 10.82.123.16 with SMTP id v16mr4318176buc.1180862149376; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:15:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.185.16 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 02:15:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 04:15:49 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: VeeJay In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0706030142l1fd30d74yc443e132337daf37@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2cd0a0da0706020638g48b7ac7fn946c6e3caddc0663@mail.gmail.com> <466199E5.3040005@vindaloo.com> <4661B6E0.803@earlham.edu> <2cd0a0da0706030142l1fd30d74yc443e132337daf37@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: How to disable command prompt history? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:15:52 -0000 On 03/06/07, VeeJay wrote: > Thank you guys, > > Actually, it was for the security reason that if somebody breaks in the > server then he/she doesn't see what commands are being executed, etc, > etc.... > > and I am using /bin/sh > > any more comments? > I would not have (honestly!) thought that /bin/sh _when called as such_ would save a history*. Glancing at man sh cured me of that notion. * I mean, it's a primitive piece of crap, in its own special way, but that's how /bin/sh is supposed to respond, AFIK? Syntax confu- sing is, never the same person twice, fnord? -- --