Definitely Ross. I'll tell my friend. Thank you. Sent from Samsung Galaxy ^^ On Aug 6, 2012 8:23 PM, "Ross Cavanagh" <ross.cav at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Fajar Priyanto <fajarpri at arinet.org> > wrote: > > > I see. Thanks Ross. That makes sense. > > > > Sent from Samsung Galaxy ^^ > > On Aug 6, 2012 8:12 PM, "Ross Cavanagh" <ross.cav at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Fajar Priyanto <fajarpri at arinet.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Ross Cavanagh <ross.cav at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You're prompt will reference whatever the hostname is doesn't it? > I'm > > > > > located in Tokyo, I haven't setup any servers with Japanese > hostnames > > > > > actually, but on occasion some filenames are written in Japanese. > > What > > > is > > > > > it you wanted to see exactly? It also depends on the keyboard setup > > you > > > > > have set to the default. Most people in Japan set the keyboard to a > > US > > > > > style - where they enter romaji, and don't usually enter the kana > > from > > > > the > > > > > different keyboard layout. So, you type the roman characters ra for > > > > example > > > > > to make ら, but there is a Japanese keyboard layout where you can > type > > > > the ら > > > > > character directly - but I never really see that used. > > > > > > > > > > So, as far as I know, you'll be using whatever input methods you > > > actually > > > > > have on your local system where you're ssh'ing from. So, if you > > needed > > > to > > > > > write Japanese input you'd need some local IME on your particular > > > system. > > > > > > > > Hi Ross, thanks for your time. What I want to know is, during the > > > > initial ssh login. > > > > Will it display the dialogue fully in Japanese? e.g. fajar at 8.8.8.8's > > > > password: (will it be in Japanese?) > > > > > > > > As far as I'm aware, you would be seeing virtually everything in > > English > > > as the directory structures are in English. Usually people's home > > > directories are setup in English, I don't think I've ever come across a > > > user login that does use Japanese actually (not sure if you can - > > otherwise > > > your SSH connection you'd have to match you user name - eg. Ross would > be > > > my katakana name, ロス＠8.8.8.8 - don't even know it's possible). I've > > worked > > > at one Japanese company as the only foreigner, and all others companies > > > have been international ones - but everyone uses Roman characters for > > their > > > logins and not kana or kanji. > > > > > > Same with passwords. > > > > > > Usually, on systems I've seen in Japan most of the time files and > folders > > > are creating using Roman characters for naming (most of the time). > > Within a > > > document, of course it could be written 100% in Japanese. Some folders > > and > > > files can be in Japanese, so it can be hard to navigate through some > > > directories if you don't have any IME tools for Japanese input. Lots of > > tab > > > autocomplete and copy and pasting at times - but that's usually within > a > > > home directory for a user for example. > > > > I just quickly started up a CentOS VM to check something... > > [root at CENT01 ~]# useradd -m ロス > useradd: invalid user name 'ロス' > > So, looks like it needs to be in Roman characters. > > But it appears even I have some issues via my terminal too: > > [root at CENT01 ~]# useradd -m ross > [root at CENT01 ~]# cd /home/ross/ > [root at CENT01 ross]# touch ロス > [root at CENT01 ross]# ls > ?????? > > So, my Japanese input isn't being displayed. But I did get a warning when I > SSH'd in about that: > > -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (UTF-8) > > Hope that helps. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >