> I agree that the erase and kill characters should be set consistantly
> between root's .login & .profile.
> 
> Perhaps setting the erase & kill chars explictly via stty is the
> incorrect thing to do.  I'd prefer that the "correct" setting for the
> erase & kill chars for a particular machine's console be added to the
> gettytab file.  Then getty will set the erase and kill characters
> appropriately automatically.

Yes!  These are attributes of the terminal, not of the login.  Please don't assume
that someone's logging into the console just because they're root.

(I'm really tired of su-ing to root on some systems and having my tty characters
changed.)

Keith Moore

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