[SunHELP] Setting backspace key

[velociraptor]

On 7/19/05, Sheldon T. Hall <shel at tandem.artell.net> wrote:
> Phil Stracchino writes ...
> > Sandwich Maker wrote:
> > > " From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> > > " I tend to use:
> > > "
> > > " stty sane
> > > " stty erase ^H
> > >
> > > why separate?  why not combine them into a single stty command?
> >
> > Because I know I can safely combine erase, intr etc. in one
> > command, but
> > I just wanted to make damn certain 'sane' gets applied before
> > it starts mucking with anything else.
> >
> > Possibly needless paranoia, but....
>
> When it comes to UNIX, no level of paranoia can be termed "needless."

Particularly when dealing with the root account...booting off of
removable media is such a PITA, it's so danged slow.