clear old output in login screen?

perryh at pluto.rain.com perryh at pluto.rain.com
Tue May 5 08:20:27 UTC 2009


Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk> wrote:
> On Monday 04 May 2009, perryh at pluto.rain.com wrote:
...
> > ? #!/bin/csh
> > ? clear
> > ? vidcontrol -C
> > ? exec /usr/bin/login.real "$@"
>
> But this wouldn't prevent someone scrolling back with the scroll
> lock key before logging in. I assume the OP's requirement is to
> stop people from seeing previous users console activity.

That's what the "vidcontrol -C" line is supposed to accomplish,
based on my reading of vidcontrol(1) and earlier messages in the
thread.  Granted I have not actually tried it.


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