how to disable "unset HISTORY"

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 23:52:49 UTC 2012


On 10/16/2012 05:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 02:52 AM, Tiziana Manfroni wrote:
>> Hi, I have some users that delete .history file (in tcsh shell), so I
>> can't see their commands.
>> Can I disable the command "unset history"?
>> If it is not possible, what can I do?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Tiziana
>
> If you are creative with scripting you may be able to use tail -f to 
> build a scraper.
>
This is actually tougher than it seems.
Each user can set the name of the history file to any arbitrary name,
and place it into someplace other than the home directory, which is what 
I do.

Also, see
http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/logging-every-shell-command/




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