[Gllug] Resetting VT after logout in Debian

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:25:54AM +0100, Mike wrote:
> On a RedHat system, one gets 6 configured virtual consoles. One can log
> in, do stuff, and logout. When one logs out, the screen is reset, and
> the respawned getty process outputs the contents of /etc/issue and a
> login: prompt at the top of the screen.
> 
> On a Debian box, the respawned getty dumps the contents of /etc/issue
> and the login prompt at the current cursor position, whatever it happens
> to be. Anyone wandering up to the console can potentially see a
> screeenful of the last users session.

This is a shell thing, not a getty thing.  Put something like this in
~/.bash_logout

case "`tty`" in
    /dev/tty[0-9]) clear
esac

and in /etc/skel/.bash_logout to make it a pseudo-default.  You
can't enforce it, afaik.


-- 
Bruce

A problem shared brings the consolation that someone else is now
feeling as miserable as you.
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