Use of the backspace during login

[dpanattoni]

I am using RedHat's Linux and would like to know if there is a way to enable the backspace key during login. As it stands, if a user mistypes their login and presses the backspace, ^H is displayed.

Incidentally, the delete key works as the backspace should, but trying to retrain a user to use the delete key when the backspace key should be is not the solution.

Thanks in advance.

 

[flubbard]

Are you trying to log in remotely (i.e. through telnet). I have found most times that I see the same behavior through telnet but not on the local machine (keyboard). I assume that it is something different between the windows and linux mapping. (I typically telnet in from a windows box).

 

[nawlej]

try this in your login file:

stty erase hitbackspacehere

 

[dpanattoni]

Yes, this behaviour only exists when I am loggin in via a telnet session.

Which login file are you referring to? The only file name login that I have is in the pam.d folder.