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Re: TERM - Fixed !
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allen Francom)
Fri Nov 29 17:13:22 1996
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 06:18:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Allen Francom <redhat_list@numedics.com>
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Thank you Sheldon.
That did the trick. Obviously something I never read somewhere...
Hit delete, hit delete, gotta remember to hit delete...
THX
-AEF
On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Allen Francom wrote:
> > > > When I login to Linux machines I've built, the default behavior of
> > > > LOGIN does not allow for vt100 backspace, so I get ^H and can't
> > > > effectively edit a login: password: if I make a mistake in the process.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way... Correction, what is the way to fix this ?
> > > Try
> > > stty dec
> > > in your startup file. (e.g. .bash_profile or .bashrc )
> > >
> > > Also, try
> > > man stty
> > > and look at erase, echoe.
> > >
> > > -sen
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Sheldon E. Newhouse | e-mail: sen1@math.msu.edu |
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Aha ! I haven't had coffee yet, but a few new cells started working...
> >
> > What if were to say:
> >
> > "When I telnet onto my host and get a login prompt, if I mistype
> > my username it won't let me edit it, and I have to hit return
> > and follow the path of failure..."
> >
> > ???
> >
> > Then it is not a problem with the console devices tty1..etc., and MAY NOT
> > BE a problem with regular GETTY.
> >
> > It is definitely a problem with telnet. Maybe on the client side ?
> >
> > No, wait. I can do just about everything right once I login and TERM
> > is set.
> >
> > How do I set TERM before someone logs-in via telnet, I guess is the
> > real question.
>
> Sorry about my previous post. I did not read your message carefully. I
> tried my telnets and logins. Here is my situation.
>
> If I make a mistake at the login prompt, then 'Bksp' gives me 'Ctrl-H',
> but 'delete' does move me back.
>
> Also, I can erase the whole line and start over with 'Ctrl-U'
> Same for passwd: prompt.
>
> That is good enough for me. For security reasons, I'd be leery of
> tampering with the keyboard settings on logins.
>
> Is this closer to what your question was about?
>
> -sen
>
>
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