-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ankush Grover wrote: > Hey friends, > > Please tell me how to delete the user's bash history file after he or > she logs out. > I tried this /etc/skel/bash_logout > > rm -f $HOME/bash_history > > But it is not working. > > Can anyone tell me how to do this .I want to do it for every user. > > > Thanks & Regards > > Ankush Grover > Dear Ankush the easiest way would be a cronjob, that does a history -c every 5 minutes or so. on a wider approach you might wanna try to make your own daemon, that does the job. i hope that helps you further Greetings Oliver Leitner Technical Staff http://www.shells.at -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCv9O+xHPquN24yVsRAgmoAKC4tW90OcPO1J53q7ce2oneURJmqQCePU1A 1l+q3gxtj56QkzkeRYBI/Kg= =eMQN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----