Auto login on virtual console not working

[RickR]

Hello,

 

I have been trying to get a user to automatically log in onto one of the virtual consoles and everything I try seems to fail.

 

1. I crested the device with 'systemctl edit getty@tty2'

2. The resulting '/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/overide.conf' file has 

    ExecStart=/sbin/agetty --autologin root tty1 38400 linux

3. systemctl daemon-reload

4. systemctl enable getty@tty1

5. systemctl start getty@tty1

6. systemctl status getty@tty1

 

Output:

● getty@tty1.service - Getty on tty1
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service; enabled; vendor preset: e
  Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
           └─10-noclear.conf
        /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
           └─override.conf
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-11-15 09:23:59 UTC; 1min 11s ago
     Docs: man:agetty(8)
           man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
          http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
 Main PID: 5795 (agetty)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/system-getty.slice/getty@tty1.service
           └─5795 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 linux

 

And then nothing happens, I get a login prompt on all the first 6 consoles and  it makes no difference which tty I use I just cannot get a user to autologin on one of the consoles.

 

I have seen this error: Nov 15 09:32:40 dlogger systemd[1]: [/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf:1] Assignment outside of section. Ignoring.

 

What have i done wrong or missed out?

 

Thank you,

 

Rick