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Hi all,
Just wondering

I know that the user .bash_history is written upon when he logs out of the system.

What happens when 2 people login at the same tme using the same username?

Do we have both the session history?

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What happens when 2 people login at the same tme using the same username?
History is written for both users. As soon as first user logs out the bash writes back to history. Next if second user logs out (with same name) his/her history written into file. However, there is no way you can differentiate between two session using .bash_history file.

Use other commands such as w (for live session reporting) and lastcomm command to print out information about previously executed commands terminal (tty) or user wise.
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