hi there, im jus new to linx, and i wanted to know how to clear the history PERMANANTLY of the commands that are stored in the shells. thanks

I use Mandriva Linux 2007.0, so the file names I provide may vary for other distributions. For example, /etc/profile in Mandriva Linux may be similar in function to /etc/bashrc in other distributions. If you use the bash command interpreter, and you want to remove the command history for a single specific user, you can empty the bash_history file in that user's home directory (make the file a zero byte file). If you want to stop bash from storing the command history system wide, you can edit /etc/profile to change the line: HISTSIZE=1000 to HISTSIZE=0 then empty the bash_history file for each user on the system. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790 ICQ 41060744