Re: Login with user name in CAPS
"(Ted Harding)" wrote:
> The point goes back to the very early days of UNIX, when the user
> was quite likely to be logging in from a very primitive teletype
> that could only do capitals (5- or 6-bit serial line).
>
> UNIX was set up to recognise login with capital letters and use
> capitals for the rest of the session, precisely to handle this.
This actually makes perfect sense. Thanks for the info.
MfG Viktor
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