Setting the Language for Multiple Users

If you set the language by means of an Xconfig file, the login screen is localized and LANG is set for all users. This is the only way to change LANG for all displays in multi-display systems. (To modify Xconfig, copy /usr/dt/config/Xconfig to /etc/dt/config/Xconfig.)

The language is set by placing the following line in /etc/dt/config/Xconfig:

dtlogin.host_display.language: language 

For example, the following line sets LANG to Swedish_locale on display my_host:0.

dtlogin.my_host_0.language: Swedish_locale 

The dtlogin client reads the appropriate message catalog for that language and brings up the localized login screen. The dtlogin client then determines the list of locales using the following resources in the /etc/dt/config/Xresources resource file:

• dtlogin*language

• dtlogin*languageList

• dtlogin*languageName

The Xconfig file may need to set the NLSPATH environment variable appropriately for the chosen language. If this is not the case, or if you want to set NLSPATH yourself, see NLSPATH Environment Variable.