Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-29 00:47:14)
> Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le lun. 29 juin 2026 00:21:15 +0200, a
> ecrit:
> > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L com0 9600 vt100
> > 
> > But then I still get "getty[656]: Bad syntax". What getty invocation is 
> > known
> > to work for a serial getty in a qemu guest?
> 
> It looks like nobody took the time to fix sysvinit's example.
> 
> You can try should just like the other lines:
> 
> T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 9600 com0

I found it! This works:

c:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -a root 38400 console

I am now automatically logged into the GNU/Hurd QEMU image started by debvm
without entering a password just as it happens on Linux.

Thank you so much for adding support to the -a parameter!

cheers, josch

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