> This is the first time I tried to login with a capital word.
> This makes the login useless. Is this a bug?
> Why do the words change to capital letters?
> However, if you let it be for 60 seconds, it will say time out then back
> to normal.
>
> Welcome to Linux 1.2.13.
>
> ultimate login: UA
> PASSWORD:
> LOGIN INCORRECT
That is exactly how login is supposed to function. It goes back to the
days of all-upper-case terminals. When it's in uppercase mode, normal
lowercase letters are made uppercase when you type them - u becomes U,
and uppercase letters can be made by escaping them - R becomes \R
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