No files in an account!!! Pls. Help!!!
 

Hi ALL

I need to open over 200 accounts in an Linux system for the very very dummy users.

They keep asking "What are the files ".bash_history" ".bashrc" and ".bash_profile" for ?"

It really makes me crazy.

So, I delete all thest files (include the files inside /etc/skel)

However, the ".bash_history" is generated automatically.

How to turn this "history feature" off?

Thanks.

Mok

The bash shell stores up to 500 old commands in the "~/.bash_history" file (where "~/" is your home directory)

Every user who have an account on the system will have this file "Bash_history" in their home directory.

For the bash to store lesser commands and delete them all on logout, just do this...

*** (taken from the web)
The HISTFILESIZE and HISTSIZE lines in the "/etc/profile" file determine the size of old commands the "Bash_history" file for all users on your system can hold. I would highly recommend setting the HISTFILESIZE and HISTSIZE in "/etc/profile" file to a low value such as 30.
Edit the profile file (vi /etc/profile) and change the lines to:
HISTFILESIZE=30
HISTSIZE=30
Which mean, the "Bash_history" file in each users home directory can store 20 old commands
and no more.

The administrator should also add into the "/etc/skel/Bash_logout" file the
"rm -f $HOME/Bash_history" line, so that each time a user logs out, its "Bash_history" file will be deleted.
Edit the Bash_logout file (vi /etc/skel/Bash_logout) and add the following line:
rm -f $HOME/Bash_history
***

Does this answer your query ???

Cheers !!

Why can the very very dummy users find the files? Do they use the console? You might be able to put some sort of alias in .bash_profile to prevent them from doing "ls -a". If they work in a file manager, see if you can disable the "show hidden files" option.