> > Another problem: When I login as root I get the advice that I should not
> > login as root, but shall use su. So I created another user uid 256 gid
> > 256, but if I now try to "su root" I get a message that I am in the wrong
> > group to su root.
> 
>   Ok, Only members of the wheel group can su to root.
> 
> Personally I am a member of wheel and operator. This lets me su to root 
> (wheel) and also lets me read/write to floppy,and run shutdown (operator).
> 
>   To add your user to a new group, add its username to the end of that 
> group's line in the /etc/group file. I think changes take effect the next 
> time that user logs in.
> 
>   Here's the first line of my /etc/group for example...
> wheel:*:0:root,ale
> 
> 
>   For more info on the group file see man group.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Ale.

Ok, now it works! Thank you very much.
But the problem with stty erase ^H still is the same if I do not login as
root. Do yaou also have this problem?

Peter