No scandinavian characters in passwords? Huh?

Bamse123 · 05-25-2004, 02:26 PM

I guess I can't use the characters of my beloved language in passwords. I changed the root password just 5 minutes ago and used "ä" like in any other Finnish word.

Code:

$ su
Password:
Sorry.
$ su
Password:
Sorry.
$ su
Password:
Sorry
$
...

Not funny.

Regards,
Bamse

Tinkster · 05-25-2004, 03:05 PM

Maybe the keyboard layouts in X and console are different?
I can't recall any limitations for passwords having to be
7-bit ASCII ...

Cheers,
Tink

Bamse123 · 05-26-2004, 06:37 AM

Well I closed X and was able to su there at the "real" terminal. I'm still wondering what caused this. How to, maybe, fix?

Regards,
Bamse

Tinkster · 05-26-2004, 02:20 PM

Post the keyboard section of your
XF86Config
please?

Cheers,
Tink