[PLUG] Vanishing .bash_history

[Sandy Herring]

The first thing that comes to mind is that your system was hacked. Does it
look like /var/log/* is intact?

Sandy


On Thu, 08 Aug 2002, John Hampton wrote: 
> I was wondering what a reason might be that one's .bash_history file would
> get clear out.  Earlier today I logged into my box and my history was
> present.  Then I logged on later this evening and all of the sudden my
> .bash_history has a size of 0 and it is empty.  I didn't clear it.  I
> wasn't tweaking anything on my box. So I don't quite have a clue as to why
> it got cleared.  Any ideas?
> 
> -John Hampton

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