history of commands

[tdubb123]

How do I allow a history of commands in esxi? when i log out they history is no longer there

[Troy_Clavell]

what happens if you type

history

at the cli?

[tdubb123]

You have activated Tech Support Mode.

The time and date of this activation have been sent to the system logs.

VMware offers supported, powerful system administration tools. Please

see www.vmware.com/go/sysadmintools for details.

Tech Support Mode may be disabled by an administrative user.

Please consult the ESXi Configuration Guide for additional

important information.

~ # history

-ash: history: not found

[MentholMoose]

The ash shell may not include a command history. Check if there's a history logfile in the user's home directory (would be hidden, so use ls -a to show everything). For bash the file is .bash_history so maybe check for an .ash_history file.

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Kirk Kosinski

VCP 4, MCITP: EA/VA/EDA7

[tdubb123]

I do not see a history file

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:57 .

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:57 ..

-rw-rr 1 root root 0 May 19 00:15 .emptytgz

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 31 13:57 altbootbank -> /vmfs/volumes/6e1ece7a-f139b648-a2b7-02dc64a1ab46

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 bin

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 31 13:57 bootbank -> /vmfs/volumes/f5054873-aeeeffa7-8338-0152faea1295

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Sep 1 12:06 dev

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:57 etc

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 lib

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 lib64

-rwx------ 1 root root 12392 Aug 31 13:01 local.tgz

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Aug 31 13:57 locker -> /store

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 May 18 23:57 opt

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 131072 Sep 1 12:06 proc

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Aug 31 13:57 productLocker -> /locker/packages/4.1.0/

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 sbin

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 31 13:57 scratch -> /vmfs/volumes/4c6adc4f-118f5e5b-ba4d-002564fd1051

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 31 13:57 store -> /vmfs/volumes/3c3693e8-f77a642a-1910-5c6bdcb26d3a

drwxrwxrwt 1 root root 512 Sep 1 12:01 tmp

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 usr

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 var

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 vmfs

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Aug 31 13:54 vmimages

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 May 19 00:15 vmupgrade -> /locker/vmupgrade/

~ #

[Dave_Mishchenko]

I believe busybox is compiled with history disabled so a fix would involve updating the source code and then recompiling it.




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