i dont know how to directory kill the file but you can run
and this will prevent any history capture as well as keep someone from display your history from previous commands (or previous history lists).
`history -c` is a bash function and not a linux os function. if you move to bash, you can clear your history as usual. i can do this on solaris without issue.
how do I clear passwd history of a user without compromising the audit trail for security?
in a nutshell, user abc wants to re-use his passwd ( he is not savvy with computers ) (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a user that has tried to print a job several times and has now filled up the que. How do i delete all the jobs in the que and what is the command?:confused: (1 Reply)
Hi...
i have one doubt pls...
1)can we clear the command line history in UNIX for a paricular login(scadm/root)if so how?.
2) can we see the time at which command executed.
history is showing like :
100 display
101 lock
102 exit (7 Replies)
hi,
i have an unix command which is as follows:
ctmfw /work/CDFC/landing/ZORC.txt CREATE 0 60 1 10 240
I think a txt file called ZORC gets created in the mentioned directory, i am not sure what 0 60 1 10 240 is. Is my understanding correct and also let me know what those numbers denote?... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I would normally clear off the history entries from a terminal by using the following commands:
> ~/.bash_history
history -c
But this will remove the entries of that particular session only. How to prune all the entries of all login sessions for a particular user in a system?
N.B:... (3 Replies)
Hello All, Good Morning.
I am trying to erase history list in my linux box, but my below command is failing. What is the actual way to clear it?
> history clear
-bash: history: clear: numeric argument required
Also when I run my commands in my command prompt, my team lead can see my... (7 Replies)
Can anyone tell this:
If two users are logged into the same server from different locations. Is there a way to see the history command of the other user? I tried the history command, but it is showing me only the commands I used.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Iamnew2solaris (1 Reply)
I want to clear the history so that no one should be able to see what commands I gave in the AIX OS level. I tried using history -c , ~/.sh_history, but they aren't working :wall:
Please tell me the command in ksh which can clear all the previous history? (4 Replies)
Hi
Am using ksh shell
I need to remove history of commands used..
I tried
# rm .vi_history
# touch .vi_history
# chmod 600 .vi_history
This didnt work.. I tried also
# rm .sh_history
# touch .sh_history
# chmod 600 .sh_history (5 Replies)
As in the title, how to clear the history entries?
For eg: if i enter history, series of linux commands getting displayed from day 1. I need to clear those entries and want linux commands to be stored freshly.
Thanks in advance (6 Replies)