Re: Permitting login on AWS serial console

["Phil Endecott" <debiancloud@chezphil.org>]

Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> No, you don't need to edit /lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@.service.
> You should instead create a drop-in config fragment for
> serial-getty@ttyS0.service like the following:
>
> # /etc/systemd/system/serial-getty@ttyS0.service.d/autologin.conf
> [Service]
> ExecStart=
> ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a root -o '-p -f -- \\u' --keep-baud 115200,38400,9600 %I $TERM
>
> After that, apply the change on the running system with the following,
> run as root:
> systemctl daemon-reload
> systemctl restart serial-getty@ttyS0.service

Thanks, that's just what I needed!

(For the record, the empty ExecStart= line is needed to clear the list
of commands inherited from the main serial-getty@.service file before
adding the new one.)


Phil.