Re: Tab completion as root broken..

On Jan 23, 2:03 pm, "Theo v. Werkhoven" <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
The carbonbased lifeform mostro...@xxxxxxxxx inspired alt.os.linux.suse with:
Hi,

[OS]
SLED 10.0

[Problem]
tab completion as root is broken. When I press the tab key to manuever
through directories, the cursor jumps a tab over. Like the tab key is
actually mapped to a real tab. Also, when using the up / down arrows to
get to a previosly typed command i receive ^[[A. This doesn't happen
for the other user accounts on the workstation, only for root.

How can I fix this without wiping root's profile?

What is $TERM set to?
Should be 'xterm' under X, or 'linux' in a VC.

Theo

Yes, both. xterm in X and linux in an alternate console. Any other
suggestions?Have a look at the readline files /etc/inputrc and ~/.inputrc
See bash(1) under READLINE
disable-completion (Off)
If set to On, readline will inhibit word completion. Completion
characters will be inserted into the line as if they had been
mapped to self-insert

Theo
--
I checked /etc/inputrc /root/.inputrc and there is nothing to suggest
it wouldn't work. In fact, the files in the home directories are
completely commented and the file in etc does not have any completion
entries. I added disable-completion (Off) to the file and there wasn't
any change.

.

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