[hacknews] getty mods: ERBLANK and erase character

henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (07/02/83)

Getty(8) has been modified to turn on ERBLANK by default.  It has also
been modified to pick up the erase character from the termcap "kb" entry,
but this particular mod isn't in full effect yet, because login(1) does
not respect getty's choice and promptly sets the erase character back to
backspace.  This is a problem only on a few things (like the new Ampex
terminal) and I will fix it shortly -- login really has no business messing
with that setting anyway, since getty does a more informed job on it.