clear on logout

[meekrob]

I've been able to clear the screen upon logout by adding clear to ~/.logout but I was wondering if there is a way to make this happen globally (meaning for every user)?

[Nitro]

Try:

[dacoval]

correct me if im wrong, but wont have have to add `clear` not just clear to /etc/issue to make this work???

[fghellar]

No, the command clear actually sends a special sequence of characters to the terminal, just like a command for it to clear up. These are called escape sequences. You can try it doing this:

[Nitro]

[Framba]

And what should I do to change the message I see before I log in?

[+BroNNoS+]

I don't understand this last question:
from man issue:

The file /etc/issue is a text file which contains a mes-
sage or system identification to be printed before the
login prompt. It may contain various @char and \char
sequences, if supported by getty(1).

So there you have your answer... or not?

[meekrob]

Thanks guys. I got it like this:

[Framba]

[sven]

If you want to clear the screen after logging out (/etc/issue cleans the screen before the login prompt I guess, did not try it though) you have to put the clear command (the command, NOT the escape code) into the file .bash_logout in your home directory (as long as you are using bash, of course). If you also want this to happen to all new users you create, copy .bash_logout into /etc/skel.

[pjp]

Some more info in clear console at logout?
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