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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting bash history buffer cache Post 302587967 by jaysunn on Friday 6th of January 2012 11:41:34 AM
Old 01-06-2012
bash history buffer cache

Moderators,
Please excuse if I am in the wrong section.

I have a question that someone may know the answer to. We know that a current bash shell keeps a record of all commands in a buffer. When the shell is terminated this buffer is written out to ~/.bash_history for the user.

I know that in the current shell, you can access this buffer by using ctrl r for reverse history. That's fine if you are the user in that shell.
The question that I have is:

As root user, can I access that buffer of another shell open on the system? Perhaps in the /proc/pid format of some sort?

Any help is appreciated.

jaysunn
 

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CHSH(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           CHSH(1)

NAME
chsh - change login shell SYNOPSIS
chsh [options] [LOGIN] DESCRIPTION
The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account. OPTIONS
The options which apply to the chsh command are: -h, --help Display help message and exit. -R, --root CHROOT_DIR Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. -s, --shell SHELL The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell. If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks. NOTE
The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser, and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell back to its original value. FILES
/etc/passwd User account information. /etc/shells List of valid login shells. /etc/login.defs Shadow password suite configuration. SEE ALSO
chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5). shadow-utils 4.5 01/25/2018 CHSH(1)
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