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From: DAMJAN29588P%BUEF78%yubgef51@pucc.princeton.edu (Aleksandar Damnjanovic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can't log in right on console to accounts in CAPS.
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Date: 13 May 91 02:23:01 GMT
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 Martin_A._Leisner.Henr801C@XEROX.COM writes:
> I think the login programs checks for uppercase accounts on consoles (although
> I'm not sure).
On *every* UNIX and UNIX-like operating system I've tried,
the getty program maintains a 'feature' that might have been
usefull many years ago, but is just a nuisance nowadays:
if you enter an uppercase username, it assumes you are using
a teletype that doesn't have lowercase characters, and then
it tries to compensate.
So, if you are not prepared to write your own getty, switch
to lowercase usernames!