Todd Walton said:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:06:15 -0800 (PST), Neil Schneider
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> RBW1 said:
>> > I've noticed that the /root/.bash_history gets rest to a file size
>> of
>> > zero every once in a while under SuSE 9.1. Does anyone know what
>> this
>> > effect is about?
>>
>> It's probably part of the security settings.
>
> What security could regularly erasing the .bash_history offer?
Log in as root, and do "history | less". How much of that information
would you like to have known by the next person logging in as root? In
the case of a hacked box, if .bash_history exists there can be a lot
of information that makes it easier to further compromise the system.
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