#rev 2020-09-08 stroth
#rev 2018-10-30 stroth

= Locale settings forwarded with SSH connections on Macs =
As a default setting, the [[https://wiki.debian.org/Locale|locale settings]] are forwarded by the default terminal application called ''Terminal.app'' on macOS. This may result in error messages similar to the following after login:

{{{
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LC_CTYPE = "UTF-8",
	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

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perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LC_CTYPE = "UTF-8",
	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

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}}}

To change this behaviour uncheck "Set locale environment variables on startup" as shown in the screenshot below:

{{attachment:locale_error.png}}

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