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Old 09-17-2008
stop users from running 'history -c' in Linux
Hi All,
My question is how can i stop my users on system from deleting their history.
How can i stop the users from running 'history -c'.

I have searched thoroughly on the forum but didn't find any satisfactory solution to the problem.
kindly help if you any suggestions

Thanx in advance
# 2  
Old 09-17-2008
you can't.

if you need an audit trail that cannot be tampered with then you should enable auditing.
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Old 09-17-2008
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you can't.

if you need an audit trail that cannot be tampered with then you should enable auditing.
how??
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Old 09-17-2008
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Originally Posted by xander
how??
tried google? first hit for: "linux auditing"

Linux audit files to see who made changes to a file
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