Jeff Rasmussen wrote:
> I've had problems with history under the root account.  It seems like
> the history clears itself if you use multiple xterms and a terminal at
> the same time.

haven't experienced this but I generally try to stick to just one root
login on a console.

> Is that an option that can be changed?  I think that the 'repress
> duplicate command' option is turned on.
> 
> I'm using Debian unstable.

you might try setting "HISTSIZE=10000; export HISTSIZE" in your .profile
or .bash_profile (.login for csh)
-- 
scot

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