oprog /dev/tty9 clear
On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I just closed down an X session on tty9 that was started from
> tty6. After X closed down, I switched back to tty9 and what I
> found was the output of some commands I typed 2 days ago on tty2.
>
> Even if I were logged out on all consoles on my machine, someone
> walking by could ALT-Fkey to tty9 and see private information.
>
> It might also be possible for them to gain more information
> through scrollback, etc...
>
> I don't know how much of a security concern this is, but I've
> seen stuff on tty9 after running X several times and had no idea
> what it was. Now I know that somehow, the contents of another
> tty are ending up on that tty.
>
> Suggestions/comments?
>
>
>
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