Clear .bash_history

Here is a way to clear your bash history:

[kajol]$ > .bash_history

[kajol]$ > history -c
Cheers

E-mail Alert on Root SSH Login

Want to be notified instantly when someone logs into your server as root? No problem, check out this nice tutorial on email notification for root logins. Keeping track of who logs into your server and when is very important, especially when you’re dealing with the super user account. We recommend that you use an email address not hosted on the server your sending the alert from.

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he first thing you are going to want to do is SSH into your server. Then type the following command.

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One of the things which gives a potential attacker some help is them knowing which versions of software you use. This can be very easy to find out, particularly if you have never taken steps to secure this information.

For example: I would like to know what software apache.org are using/have used so I look at netcraft (for example) http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.apache.org

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How to keep a detailed audit trail of what’s being done on your Linux systems

Intrusions can take place from both authorized (insiders) and unauthorized (outsiders) users. My personal experience shows that unhappy user can damage the system, especially when they have a shell access. Some users are little smart and removes history file (such as ~/.bash_history) but you can monitor all user executed commands.

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