Hello,

Samuel Thibault, le lun. 08 juin 2026 23:47:04 +0200, a ecrit:
> Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le mer. 03 juin 2026 07:33:24 +0200, a 
> ecrit:
> > Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-02 01:37:03)
> > > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le lun. 01 juin 2026 10:26:13 +0200, a 
> > > ecrit:
> > > > I have not yet figured out how to auto-login the root user in GNU/Hurd. 
> > > > The
> > > > agetty line which works on Linux errors out with "getty[585]: Bad 
> > > > syntax" and
> > > > according to Samuel Thibault it may just be that this feature isn't 
> > > > implemented
> > > > yet in hurd.
> > > 
> > > Do you know the syntax that is used for that? It can as well just be
> > > implemented.
> > 
> > this is what debvm does for sysvinit:
> > 
> > https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/-/blob/main/share/debvm/customize-autologin.sh?ref_type=heads#L64
> > 
> > C0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 --noclear --keep-baud -a root console 
> > 115200,38400,9600 $TERM
> > 
> > The magic switch to getty is -a or --autologin which automatically logs in 
> > the
> > given user (in this case, root).
> 
> Ok, I have now added the support, that will land in next hurd package
> upload.

It has landed.

Samuel

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