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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can't log in right on console to accounts in CAPS.
Message-ID: <1991May12.214724.18394@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 May 91 21:47:24 GMT
References: <26859@adm.brl.mil>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <26859@adm.brl.mil> leisner.henr801c@xerox.com writes:

>Logging in via the console converts everything it prints to CAPS, does
>unexpected things (doesn't change directories right via the passwd file) and
>prints lots of characters with a backslash in front of them.

Others have explained why this happens, but I don't think that anyone
mentioned that you can fix it after the fact with appropriate incantations
to stty.  Under sysV, putting "stty -iuclc -olcuc -xcase" in your .profile
will take care of things even if you logged in in uppercase accidentally.
I trust SunOS has equivalents.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us