Can you change the Backspace key pre-login?
 

Hi.

I'm having a problem when logging in to a Redhat system in that if I press the backspace key during the login sequence (ie. either entering the username or the password) it's not recognised as backspace.

Once logged in I can use 'stty erase <BACKSPACE>' as normal which works fine.

However, I'm trying to find out if there's a way of allowing backspace to work pre-login!

Any ideas?

Regards,

Rich.

I would use a different getty. There are several.
Getty is the program that spawns the shell, and controls login.
mingetty is one option.

If you must, add that line to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (stty erase <BACKSPACE>)

Sorry - double posted :)