Hi "gentoorians"! :-) I have noticed some strange (and imho rather not secure) thing:
A common, "not root" user logs in on vc1 (2,3,4....), then he runs some process which writes output to screen (e.g. "ls -al"), then he logs out. After logging out the screen is cleared, and a new log-in prompt is on the top of a screen. Except for log-in prompt and welcome message, screen is empty... Now root logs-in on vc1 (vc2,3...), also issues "ls -al", then exits. But (to my big surprise), even after logging out, screen is not cleared, and output of "ls -al" command (previously issued by root) is still visible on the screen, and a new log-in prompt is on the bottom! I am not expert for computer security, but this seems to me rather illogical. I think it is quite dangerous to let output of root's work remain on the screen after root logged itself out. How can I fix it? But not something like "# echo clear >> $HOME/.bash_logout", this would not work if root changes its shell. I'd prefer some "system fix"... Jarry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
