[SOLVED] Debian Jessie - SystemD

Keith Hedger · 09-22-2017, 08:04 AM

Basically what it says, this is for a rpi3 b, but should be systemd generic, I can auto login on all consols but I need to just do an auto login on console 1 ( tty1 ) switching to eg tty2 with ALT F3 should NOT do an auto login but just use the normal console login prompt, I looked at this:
https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/201...t-the-console/

But changing the tty3 to tty1 didn't help as I was still auto logging in at the other consoles.

Plenty of examples of how to turn auto login on/off on google but they all effect all the consoles, I just want console 1 ( tty1 )

Help me Obi Wan!

norobro · 09-22-2017, 04:06 PM

The instructions in that link work on my Sid box with one exception: the directory /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants can only contain symlinks. So I put the "service" file in the parent directory and linked to it.

Code:

root@debian:/etc/systemd/system# ll getty*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1768 Sep 22 15:50 getty@tty1.service

getty.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Sep 22 15:41 getty@tty1.service -> ../getty@tty1.service

root@debian:/etc/systemd/system# pgrep -a getty
959 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty2 linux
960 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty3 linux
961 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty4 linux
962 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty5 linux
963 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty6 linux
2615 /sbin/agetty --login-pause --autologin root --noclear tty1 linux

Emerson · 09-22-2017, 04:09 PM

Maybe this will work?

Keith Hedger · 09-23-2017, 05:57 AM

NOT using sid!
NOT using sysv!

Need to login automatically to TTY1 ONLY! NOT ALL TTY's

IsaacKuo · 09-23-2017, 07:45 AM

The link in Emerson's post describes a systemd method also.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Automat...irtual_console

Create a new directory and file:

Code:

mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
pico /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf

The contents of the file:

Code:

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin username --noclear %I 38400 linux

I have not yet tried this. I do use Debian Stable--mostly the current, Debian 9, but I do have some machines still on Debian 8 Jessie.

ondoho · 09-23-2017, 06:03 PM

for me, it is working exactly as you desire with these instructions:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...irtual_console

Keith Hedger · 09-24-2017, 07:30 AM

Thanks ondoho, this is exactly what I wanted, the instructions where a bit confusing as it implies you only have to add the lines shown, this caused a hang on tty1, I had to copy all the contents of the service file and change just those lines in the link, but it now works.

Sorry I snapped a bit in my second post, I had just deleted the partition table from a 2T disk, and then snapped the sd card for my pi! So as you can imagine I was in a bit of a mood, sorry

ondoho · 09-24-2017, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Hedger

Sorry I snapped a bit in my second post, I had just deleted the partition table from a 2T disk, and then snapped the sd card for my pi! So as you can imagine I was in a bit of a mood, sorry

no offence taken, no worries! ALL CAPS in itself does not irritate me.