On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:08:07 -0800 (PST), Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Todd Walton said: > > 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 my case, I would be the next person logging in as root. And in any case, if a person has root access, don't they implicitly have permission to know about anything "root" should know about? > 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. Shut the barn door! The horses are out! Or something... -todd -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
