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Old 07-03-2009
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline Forum Staff  
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HISTFILE is readonly - it controls the file used.
Bash Reference Manual: Bash History Facilities

I would consider setting HISTFILE to something during login, like
Code:
HISTFILE=/history_files/$USER.$(date +%Y%m%d:%H:%M)
readonly HISTFILE
The /history_files directory will need to be setup like /var/tmp - allow users to read & write & own files.

Code:
$ ls -ld /var/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 16 root sys 8192 Jul  3 17:54 /var/tmp