[SunHELP] cant backspace/delete during login

[Will Yardley]

TAG DBA wrote:
> I am aware that the delete key can be set like (in .profile etc):
> stty erase "^H"
> 
> This works fine after the user has logged on. BUT while logging on (while typing username
> or password) I can get the delete key to work.
> Hitting "Delete"/"Backspace" only produces :
> 
> login: asdaf^[[4~^[[4~^H^H

^<backspace> usually works for me.
you can also do ^U or ^W usually (and most standard emacs key bindings)
from the login prompt.

^U is kill line and ^W is kill word so one of those should kill the
whole thing.

you might also try ^?

w

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