Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:55:57 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to clear the screen while logging off Message-ID: <20020209035557.88506.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020209034721.GB6163@raggedclown.net>
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--- Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:11:55PM -0800, Andrew > Gould wrote: > > --- Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Skull Crusher wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a way to clear the screen as you log > off > > > besides just typing > > > > CLEAR and then type EXIT > > > > What I would like it to look like is just like > the > > > normal logon screen > > > > where it just says FreeBSD/i386 > > > (blah.blah.blah.com) ttyvX > > > > If you know what I mean.. > > > > > > If your shell executes a logout script, stick a > > > 'clear' statement in that. > > > I use tcsh which uses ~/.logout for individual > users > > > and /etc/csh.logout > > > for systemwide. > > > > > > Ken Bolingbroke > > > hacker@bolingbroke.com > > > > For the bash shell, put the 'clear' statement in > > ~/.bash_logout. > > > > As root, you can then copy the .bash_logout file > to > > /usr/share/skel/dot.bash_logout to automatically > > install the file in new users' home directories. > > > Mmm, if you are doing this for security reasons you > may want to check > what happens after you log out, set the scroll-lock > key to on, and push > up-arrow... > > -- > Regards > Cliff You can take care of that problem by recompiling the kernel with the following option line: options SC_NO_HISTORY Andrew Gould __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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