No, it's not meant to clear the buffer. If you need to clear the buffer, just cat a really, really long file.
On 4/21/05, Jesper Wallin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > For some reason, I thought little about the "clear" command today.. > Let's say a privileged user (root) logs on, edit a sensitive file (e.g, > a file containing a password, running vipw, etc) .. then runs clear and > logout. Then anyone can press the scroll-lock command, scroll back up > and read the sensitive information.. Isn't "clear" ment to clear the > backbuffer instead of printing a full screen of returns? If it does, I'm > not sure how that would effect a user running "clear" on a pty (telnet, > sshd, screen, etc) .. > > Best regards, > Jesper Wallin > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
