I'm not clear why you think this is a problem. Traditionally, the default erase and kill characters on Unix were # and @ respectively. That's because they were available when other keys, like backspace, may not be. They also used to be echoed, e.g. "ed /etv#c/passwd" was what would appear on the screen.
It seems that getty(8) recognises those characters regardless of the tty's settings: $ sudo sh -c 'stty -a </dev/tty1' speed 38400 baud; rows 25; columns 80; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; ... This is documented in getty(8) in version 2.12r-17ubuntu of the util- linux package which contains getty. -- login does not accept @ (at) and # (hash) characters https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/64299 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
