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Re: history bug

From Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.project
Subject Re: history bug
Date 2020-12-27 00:10 +0100
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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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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

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