Just for reference, let me add SLES12 in this discussion too. I recently installed a SLES12 machine and there it should be configured in systemd.
In systemd you don’t have the inittab. The user is to be logged on on ttyS0, so you need to ensure [email protected] is started during boot. The serial-getty services will be started automatically during boot when the devices are detected (hvc, ttyS0, ttysclp). In order to logon a user you need to create /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf with the following content: [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin root -s %I dumb When the service is started it will read the autologin.conf file and start the agetty program on ttyS0. I have found this in the archlinux wiki at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty and updated the agetty options to match the requirements for an S390 console device. Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Berry van Sleeuwen -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 12:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Auto login root on 3270 console ttyS0 >>> On 8/15/2017 at 06:17 PM, Donald Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > I run a SLES 11 (for emergency recovery) and RHEL 7 system on zVM > 6.3/6.4 > > Sysadmins can LOGON BY to get to the zLinux console if necessary. > > How/what do I have to configure so logging onto the 3270 console gets > me logged into root in a bash shell automatically? For SLES11, modify /etc/inittab # Default HMC/3215/3270 console 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/ttyrun ttyS0 /sbin/mingetty --noclear %t dumb and replace it with something like this: 1:012356:respawn:/bin/bash -i Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee; it may also be privileged. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy it. As its integrity cannot be secured on the Internet, Atos’ liability cannot be triggered for the message content. Although the sender endeavours to maintain a computer virus-free network, the sender does not warrant that this transmission is virus-free and will not be liable for any damages resulting from any virus transmitted. On all offers and agreements under which Atos Nederland B.V. supplies goods and/or services of whatever nature, the Terms of Delivery from Atos Nederland B.V. exclusively apply. The Terms of Delivery shall be promptly submitted to you on your request.
