Logging into virtual consoles on thin clients (ctrl-alt-f1)

[M Rathburn]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> > How does one log into a virtual console on an i386 thin 
> client?  I can 
> > see the consoles by switching to them, but can't log into them with 
> > any of the system users/credentials.
> You can only log in with any user specified in the /client's/ 
> log-in chain.
> I don't know, how exactly it is with ltsp, but you should 
> take a look into /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/passwd. If the thin 
> client uses this directly, you'll need to chroot 
> /opt/ltsp/i386 and then use adduser to add some admin user 
> for your debugging usage.
> 
> Other than that - don't let users use the virtual terminals 
> as they don't have access to the server's apps.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Mika
> 
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Perfect Mika!

sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386
passwd [user]
passwd -u [user]
exit
ltsp-update-image --arch i386