>Now I've got a new problem...
>
>Every time I log in as root, it asks me for a terminal...I know thats ok,
>I like that, in fact if I could do something so the users would get the
>prompt too it would be nice... but then the problem is it defaults to
>'unknown'... so I'm figuring its a problem in configuration, perhaps Im
>missing vt files or something, or misconfigured .login and .cshrc (but
>even on a whim I tried the root's .login and .cshrc as a regular user and
>it still failed)...
>When it prompts I can type in 'vt100' and it seems to work ok...
>
>However, since users default to 'unknown' they get problems with vi and
>other software..
>
>Another problem is with the 'delete' key... it works perfectly when I log
>in as root, or in single-user mode, but when I log in as a /user/, it
>ACTS like the delete key, at least, the BSD box treats it like it
>deleted, but on my end it displays '^?' (i.e, the cntrl character is
>shown)

Try putting stty echoe in your .cshrc or .login file.  I think the terminal
prompt is done in one of the .login or .cshrc files. Don't know though.

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Steven Carlson
stevec@accessone.com