Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:53:17 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd file repair Message-ID: <200002171653.LAA21198@akiva.homer.att.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:36:55 %2B0200." <20000217183655.A87609@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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In single user mode, I would think it is always from the console. When I try #TERM=cons50 vipw I get a screen with any tilde's (~) down the side, no text. As for the esc key, I was expecting vipw to operate as is would in a multi-usr environment, with esc being the ``menu driver''. When I enter #TERM=cons50 EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee vipw I get ``normal'' operation. Thanks for the help Jim ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:36:55 +0200 > To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> > From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> > Subject: Re: passwd file repair > > 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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