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i would be a bit worried about accidental passwords getting into the syslog. i have typed passwords out of habit when they were not required or before a remote system responds only to have the password end up as a bash command. i then have to go into the .bash_history file and remove them.

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Agreed - folks who are logged in as root a lot seem to have an uncanny tendency to type all kinds of stuff that probably shouldn't show up in a log anywhere.

These tend to be the same folks who think that using "sudo" is a waste of time and serves no purpose. Not that I've ever accidentally rebooted a box, of course. :P