I can't quite remember the exact command to change ttys from the shell, but 
if you put a getty command in the global .profile it will ask the users 
for a to ask the users for thier terminal emulation. 
Problem with this is that many might not have any idea what emulation 
they are using. VT100 is the standard one and should fix that 
^M signal problem. about the ^H I've found that unix keymaps use ^? for 
thje backspace key and PCs use ^H. Some terminal programs allow you to 
change what BS signal they use. One fix is to put this command in the 
.profile of those users using PCs: 

stty erase "^H"

This should fix thier BS problem.

Ben Bogart
Student Advisor, Ryerson Polytechnic University


On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Tim Walls wrote:

> 
> > I tried taking the termcap file from the ISP's OpenBSD, as that box
> > doesn't have the same problems, but there's also a termcap.db file, but I
> > can't find instructions ANYWHERE on how to make the .db after modifying
> > the termcap file.
> > 
> > Anyone know how to fix termcap stuff?
> 
> man 5 termcap
> man cap_mkdb
> 
> 
> Something like
> 
>   cap_mkdb /usr/share/misc/termcap
> 
> ought to do the trick (although I have no idea if this will fix your
> telnet problem or not!)
> 
> Hope that helps!
> Tim.
> 
> -- 
> Tim Walls
> 
> 

Ben Bogart
NetBSD 1.4.1, CUSTOM Kernel, Amiga 3000, 16MB Ram, 2.1GB HD, EGS Spectrum Card.

"CPU clock speed is nothing--system architecture is everything."
 - John Blommers, Hewlett-Packard