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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

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