From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a50a3c40267219cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-17 19:32:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BCE3F38.7C0B44FD@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Modern languages are case sensitive? References: <3105e154.0110150021.32ff5426@posting.google.com> <9qeg5r$266$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <3BCB2E0B.5D7894CD@boeing.com> <4a885870.0110171600.4c22aa7c@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 02:32:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1003372363 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 17 Oct 2001 19:32:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 19:32:43 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14854 Date: 2001-10-18T02:32:43+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > In article <4a885870.0110171600.4c22aa7c@posting.google.com>, wv9557@yahoo.com (Will) writes: > > > This is not really accurate. If you try to login into AIX with your cap > > lock down, it will actually prompt you in capital letters. > > I don't see how that is possible over a serial line. > > What do you mean by "try to login" ? OT, but... The way UNIX works is it prompts you for your username, then for your password. If you type your user name in all caps, the login program assumes you only have all-caps on your keyboard, and switches the terminal driver to a mode in which caps map to lowercase unless preceeded by an escape character (backslash, IIRC). It's actually quite the opposite of case insensitive. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Who is this Dr. Ibid anyway, and how does he know so much?