Hi gurus one and all, At the login prompt, backspace (^H) doesn't erase but ^? (Del) does. Once logged in, all is well. This is via both Telnet and another terminal emulator, using VT220. Our Unixware boxes are fine (using same emulator software settings). Any ideas? Many thanks. Shaun.

I have a similar problem, although I can't get backspace or delete to work on some servers (not all servers, which is odd cause they're all set up the same way according to our standards). Not sure why it does that, but I just use stty erase cmd to fix it. #stty erase (then press on del key and hit return key)

Not workable at logon unfortunately. The .profile, .login etc kick in afterwards so therefore I can set stty erase there. But at the login prompt, I'd rather stty erase was already set (correctly) as ^H like it should be! Sounds trivial, but it would be useful to know how it's defined 'pre login'. Shaun.

ahh, I feel your pain lol. I haven't found a work around for that at login, other than using ctrl-u to undo my typos at login prompt. I'd be much interested in finding a solution, cause it's a pain in the proverbial derriere. Sorry I couldn't help ya. D.O

No worries. Thx! I mapped Ctr-H to Shift+Backspace but I am determined to crack this properly. Someone has Putty(?) which he says works OK pre and post login - must be an intelligent emulator methinks! It's free too (apparently!). Shaun.

I use PuTTY and still encounter that problem, but who knows, it may work for ya. But yes, it is free and it is really good. The weird thing is that I only encounter that with a particular server, v100. No other Solaris servers, and I've installed/configured quite a few (all the same way). It's a conspiracy I tells ya hehe.

Just ran Putty. It seems it defaults to ^? for backspace and not ^H, so it works at login but not after in my case - I think my colleague was being economical with the truth! At least it makes sense. The search continues...