More on 7/8 bits at login

Andrew Klossner andrew at frip.gwd.tek.com
Fri Nov 4 05:23:05 AEST 1988


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	"If you set all your terminals, including dial-ups if any, to 8
	bits + no parity, there shouldn't be a problem - unless other
	computers dialing in (e.g., for UUCP) are sending with parity
	enabled, in which case they may have trouble logging in.
	("getty" strips the 8th bit itself, but "getpass", used by
	"login", doesn't.)"

But by the time login is running, you're not in raw mode any longer.
Or was this "fixed" in system V?

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!tekecs!frip!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.gwd.tek.com at relay.cs.net)  [ARPA]



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