On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 10:34:09PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > In some multi-user environments this type of behaviour (ie the screen not > getting cleared after a user has logged out) could almost be considered > a security risk seeing as how another user could see what the last user > had been doing. Granted this is not that big of a deal but I am surprised to > see this as default behaviour in Debian when other distros like RH already > do this by default. I am just curious, not wanting to start a flame war!!
You just answered your own question: "In some multi-user environments .." On my system at home (where I'm the only user) I don't want anything scrolling (or being cleared) off the screen just because I've logged out. At work, it's a different story. And somebody had to choose the default and leave it for we who don't care for it to change our own environment. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^