[WBEL-users] The Terminal Remembers!

[Dan Geist]

It's probably your shell (bash, by default).

Try "ln -s /dev/null $HOME/.bash_history

That'll keep it from logging your commands.

Also, don't run commands with passwords on the CLI. If they need them,
they're poorly written.

Dan

On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 16:46 -0600, Daniel J. Summers wrote:
> Hello...
> 
> I noticed earlier today that my terminal sessions are "remembering" the 
> entries I've typed across sessions (i.e., close one terminal, open 
> another, up-arrow, and there they are).  I've searched online, but have 
> obviously not hit on the right keywords just yet - where would one 
> configure the terminal to throw that information away when the session 
> ends?  I run some applications with passwords on the command line, so 
> I'd prefer they not stick around after the session.  I'm currently 
> running KDE with KTerm, although I noticed similar behavior with GNOME 
> as well.
> 
> Thanks - and happy new year!
> 
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Dan Geist | dan.geist@cox.com | (404)269-6822 
Network Security Engineer | Telephony/Data Eng | Cox Communications