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| Started by | Jan Girke <jangirke@googlemail.com> |
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| First post | 2020-12-22 17:10 +0100 |
| Last post | 2020-12-27 00:10 +0100 |
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history bug Jan Girke <jangirke@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-22 17:10 +0100
Re: history bug Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2020-12-27 00:10 +0100
| From | Jan Girke <jangirke@googlemail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-12-22 17:10 +0100 |
| Subject | history bug |
| Message-ID | <BoSox-74P-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Hi If I scroll through the bash history and delete everything history does not show anymore what I typed. Isn't that a security flaw / convenience bug? Best Jan
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| From | Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> |
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| Date | 2020-12-27 00:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <BqqRc-12i-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #12134 |
Jan Girke wrote: > If I scroll through the bash history and delete everything history > does not show anymore what I typed. > Isn't that a security flaw / convenience bug? No. Bash history is not an audit or logging mechanism; it exists for the user's convenience, and under the user's control. The user is free to delete or edit their command history arbitrarily.
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