>um, rather stupid, I know, but searching through FAQs, Forums and 
>google didn=B4t help...
>
>I=B4ve got an iMac, usually working with the bash or ksh and have got 
>absolutely no idea how to produce an @...
>
>The keyboard is a german one with layout changed to "de".
>  Within X (xterm) I am able to produce an @ with opt-shift-2 
>...although xterm treats the keyboard-layout as US and is not 
>willing to change this...

I'm in the US with all-US stuff, so I have no clue what to do with 
other keymaps. :(

>So how am I supposed to login somewhere via SSH if i can=B4t type an @ ????

ssh -l UserName host.domain.com

That will try to ssh to host.domain.con under the login name 
UserName. It will prompt you for a password.

Perhaps not as optimal as being able to get "@" but it should at 
least allow you to somewhat function for the moment :).

HTH
Mike
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