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From: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: /etc/issue choking uucp logins
Summary: tput clear clears the screen
Message-ID: <1990Jan5.012405.8212@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 5 Jan 90 01:24:05 GMT
References: <4927@gaboon.UUCP> <1989Dec26.062006.13829@rancho.uucp>
Reply-To: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. - Mundelein, IL
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In article <1989Dec26.062006.13829@rancho.uucp> rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) writes:
>>>>>> On 25 Dec 89 05:13:56 GMT, asv@gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket) said:
>Stan>      I have a full screen /etc/issue that I'd like to display on
>Stan>      unused terminals to clear a previous user's work for
>Stan>      security and neatness. ...

If your users are well-behaved you can have logouts trap to
tput clear
which will clear the screens at logout. 
i.e., have /etc/profile include
trap "tput clear" 0

On my unix386 (uport), however, this fails if the user as invoked
newgrp.

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