[OmniOS-discuss] console login : backspace not working

[Volker A. Brandt]

> On 2013-10-14 09:47, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> > the backspace key doesn't work at the
> > console login prompt.
> > any way to make it work?
>[...]
> 
> Check to see if DEL or CTRL+H do the backspace action in the
> password/login prompt? Overall, I think this plagued Solaris
> like forever and apparently either nobody cared enough, or
> not much can be done (perhaps no terminal-type context is
> available before login?)

Try "stty erase <backspace> < /dev/console > /dev/console" in
some rc script...  maybe wrap it with a check using the tty command,
and only exec stty if tty does not return "not a tty".

Anyway, no big deal, nobody was ever bothered by that... :-)


Cheers -- Volker
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