"John W. Krahn" <jwkr...@shaw.ca> writes:

>> I'm on a single user machine at home.  I'm thinking I could just write
>> to /tmp/BashHistoryDeDup.tmp with the `>' flag, overwriting on each
>> run and forget unlinking
>
> That could be a security hole.  Even though you have a single user
> machine it is always best practice to build security into your
> software from the beginning instead of trying to add it on later.

In terms of fixing it so there isn't a whole; Do you mean insofar as
having the content of bash_history on public display.. Or do you mean
something else I'm not getting?


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