kbrequest & openvt

[mike.junk.46@att.net]

This is a command line related question, not X.

For years under sysvinit, in /etc/inittab, this line:
kb::kbrequest:$( [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ] && /bin/openvt -su || sudo /bin/openvt -su)
allowed me to open another VT by keying Control-UpArrow.

I've had no luck generating that same functionality under systemd.
If anyone else has managed to do this I'd sure appreciate a primer.

Actually if there is another way to achieve the same results I'll gladly put kbrequest aside.

Thanks,
Mike