Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:29:14 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 252091] forward delete key does not work for root user Message-ID: <bug-252091-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252091 Bug ID: 252091 Summary: forward delete key does not work for root user Product: Base System Version: 12.2-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: sean@rogue-research.com The forward delete key (aka "delete" aka "del", but *not* the "backspace" key) does not work for the root user. I have just created a vanilla FreeBSD 12.2-p1 (current newest) VM and if I ssh to this server (from macOS 10.14.6, if it matters) as my own user then both the forward and backward delete keys work as expected. But if I `su` then: backspace still works, but forward delete prints a tilde and beeps. At a BSD user group meeting, I got a workaround, which is to edit /root/.cshrc and append: bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char I don't know what that means or why it helps, but it does. I think it would be rather nicer if such a commonly used key worked as expected out-of-the-box! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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