The fix seems to be here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/401759/automatically-login-on-debian-9-2-1-command-line
Midway through the page someone was working with a serial instead of a virtual terminal. I'm not exactly sure of the impact of the edit in the logind.conf file, but the combination shown there works. On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 4:54:06 PM UTC-4 Paul Beam wrote: > This is a tad more sinister than it appears. In > /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/ are 3 files: [email protected], > [email protected], and [email protected]. I have changed them > all, and none have had any impact. A 'systemctl cat [email protected]' > shows the unchanged unit file /lib/systemd/system/[email protected]. > Although I did desire to not alter the original systemd unit file in /lib, > I may need to do that and see if it makes a difference. > > On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 2:33:34 PM UTC-4 Paul Beam wrote: > >> Thanks. That makes sense. I was barking up the wrong tree and just >> totally forgot about getty. >> >> On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 12:57:01 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> At Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:44:05 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Anyone know how to allow auto root login from the serial console >>> without a >>> > password while still requiring a password for ssh? This is really a >>> worst >>> > case recovery type thing where someone changes the default password >>> and >>> > forgets the new password. Physical security should be adequate in this >>> > case. >>> >>> man getty >>> >>> Specificly: >>> >>> -a, --autologin username >>> Automatically log in the specified user without asking for a >>> username or password. Using this option causes an -f username >>> option and argument to be added to the /bin/login command line. >>> See --login-options, which can be used to modify this option's >>> behavior. >>> >>> Note that --autologin may affect the way how agetty initializes >>> the serial line, because on auto-login agetty does not read from >>> the line and it has no opportunity optimize the line setting. >>> >>> and also: >>> >>> -l, --login-program login_program >>> Invoke the specified login_program instead of /bin/login. This >>> allows the use of a non-standard login program. Such a program >>> could, for example, ask for a dial-up password or use a differ†>>> ent password file. See --login-options. >>> >>> -o, --login-options "login_options" >>> Options and arguments that are passed to login(1). Where \u is >>> replaced by the login name. For example: >>> >>> --login-options '-h darkstar -- \u' >>> >>> See --autologin, --login-program and --remote. >>> >>> Please read the SECURITY NOTICE below before using this option. >>> >>> -p, --login-pause >>> Wait for any key before dropping to the login prompt. Can be >>> combined with --autologin to save memory by lazily spawning >>> shells. >>> >>> >>> systemd files of interest: >>> >>> /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected] >>> /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] >>> >>> The former is a symlink to the second, but you don't want to mess with >>> the >>> second, but instead copy the second to someplace >>> (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/ probably) and modify it (maybe rename it >>> to >>> /lib/systemd/system/[email protected]) and then change the >>> /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected] symlink. >>> >>> Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 <(413)%20658-7953> GV: 978-633-5364 >>> <(978)%20633-5364> >>> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >>> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >>> [email protected] -- Webhosting Services >>> >>> >>> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/9a8d09d4-9d66-403b-9e15-1a1bd8a26007n%40googlegroups.com.
