Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:36:55 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: passwd file repair Message-ID: <20000217183655.A87609@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <200002171628.LAA21111@akiva.homer.att.com>; from J. W. Ballantine on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 11:28:44AM -0500 References: <20000217181354.B71035@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <200002171628.LAA21111@akiva.homer.att.com>
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 11:28:44AM -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > I tried TERM=vt100, and it sort of works. i.e. it displays the passwd > file (with the first line shifted to the right by about 50 chars) but > the esc key doesn't work. I then tried TERM=cons50 (the setting with > a normal bootup), and vipw starts, but doesn't display the file and > the esc key still doesn't work. > > Any thoughts on what TERM should be set to. > If you work from console, and your console is 80x50 lines, then cons50 should be OK. If your console is normal 80x25, then use `cons25'. As for <Esc> key, what do you mean it does not work? Are you familiar with vi(1)'s key sequences? <Esc> in vi(1) is used to "escape" from line-editing mode to `command' mode. E.g., you edit the line, then decide to write your modifications back and exit, you press <Esc>, then <Z> and then <Z> again. HTH, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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