Why doesn't /etc/bash.bash_logout work in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Issue
- Upstream BASH has a feature that allows you to create a global bash_logout file, named /etc/bash.bash_logout; however, this has been disabled in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Why? When can it be enabled?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- bash versions prior to
bash-3.2-32.el5
- bash versions prior to
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- bash versions prior to
bash-4.1.2-14.el6
- bash versions prior to
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