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Posted by mixmox, 09-16-2013, 01:25 AM
hello i need to remove all log about login and history details on centos 5 machine to prevent any access log which file should i edit to remove los?
Posted by RoseHosting, 09-16-2013, 02:54 AM
It is not a good idea to remove these logs, but anyhow, you can clear which should do it. If you want to clear all log files and shell history you can do:
Posted by zoid, 09-16-2013, 03:19 AM
Access logs of what type
Posted by Mayur-strad, 09-16-2013, 06:29 AM
if you want to delete history you can delete it by /root/.bash_history history -c or try this:- cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages cat /dev/null > /var/log/wtmp cat /dev/null > /var/log/maillog
Posted by mixmox, 09-16-2013, 08:33 AM
i want to know what hacker do to hide themselves after got access to server
Posted by zoid, 09-16-2013, 09:22 AM
In that case the best thing to do is to set up the machine from scratch.