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From: ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can't log in right on console to accounts in CAPS.
Message-ID: <1991May13.211229.1947@sugra.uucp>
Date: 13 May 91 21:12:29 GMT
References: <26859@adm.brl.mil> <1991May12.214724.18394@chinet.chi.il.us>
Organization: Private computer - Bloomfield NJ USA
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In article <1991May12.214724.18394@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
: 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

Or, do a 'stty -lcase'.  This is standard Unix "you just gota know" trivia.
I have yet to find this option in *ANY* man page.

-- 
Kenneth Ng
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