Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add auto login a user to a specific tty guide to the cookbook.

From: Joshua Branson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 21:39:09 -0400

From: Joshua Branson <[email-masked]>

* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration): Add a brief guide that
explains auto login a user to one TTY.  This is a follow up to bug 48974.

* doc/guix.texi (System Services): Add an texinfo anchor, so that the cookbook
entry "Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY" can refer back to the precise
point that the GNU Guix Reference manual.  Also add a reference to the
cookbook that shows how to auto login a specific user to one TTY.
---
 doc/guix-cookbook.texi | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 doc/guix.texi          | 13 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi
index 1cddaa7faf..a9c3ef6407 100644
--- a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi
+++ b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Marcin Karpezo@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Brice Waegeneire@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2020 André Batista@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Christopher Lemmer Webber
+Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Joshua Branson@*
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Packaging
 
 System Configuration
 
-* Customizing the Kernel::      Creating and using a custom Linux kernel
+* Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY::   Automatically Login a User to a Specific TTY

 @end detailmenu
@@ -1353,6 +1354,7 @@ chapter is to demonstrate some advanced configuration concepts.
 reference.
 
 @menu
+* Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY::   Automatically Login a User to a Specific TTY
 * Customizing the Kernel::       Creating and using a custom Linux kernel on Guix System.
 * Guix System Image API::        Customizing images to target specific platforms.
 * Connecting to Wireguard VPN::  Connecting to a Wireguard VPN.
@@ -1363,6 +1365,60 @@ reference.
 * Setting up NGINX with Lua:: Configuring NGINX web-server to load Lua modules.
 @end menu
 
+@node Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY
+@section Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY
+
+While the Guix manual explains auto-login one user to @emph{all} TTYs (
+@pxref{auto-login to TTY,,, guix, GNU Guix Reference Manual}), some
+might prefer a situation, in which one user is logged into one TTY with
+the other TTYs either configured to login different users or no one at
+all.  Note that one can auto-login one user to any TTY, but it is
+usually advisable to avoid @code{tty1}, which, by default, is used to
+log warnings and errors.
+
+Here is how one might set up auto login for one user to one tty:
+
+@lisp
+(use-modules (gnu) (guix))
+(use-service-modules avahi networking xorg)
+
+(define (auto-login-to-tty config tty user)
+  (if (string=? tty (mingetty-configuration-tty config))
+        (mingetty-configuration
+         (inherit config)
+         (auto-login user))
+        config))
+
+(define %my-base-services
+  (modify-services %base-services
+    (mingetty-service-type config =>
+                           (auto-login-to-tty
+                            config "tty3" "alice"))))
+
+(operating-system
+    (host-name "antelope")
+    ...
+    (services
+     (append
+      (list
+       ;; additional services you might want, e.g
+       ;; (service avahi-service-type)
+       ;; (service gdm-service-type)
+       (service dhcp-client-service-type))
+      %my-base-services)))
+@end lisp
+
+One could also @code{compose} (@pxref{Higher-Order Functions,,, guile,
+The Guile Reference Manual}) @code{auto-login-to-tty} to login multiple
+users to multiple ttys.
+
+Finally, here is a note of caution.  Setting up auto login to a TTY,
+means that anyone can turn on your computer and run commands as your
+regular user. If you have encrypted your @code{/} partition, and thus
+need to enter in a passphrase at boot, then perhaps auto login to a TTY
+is a secure and convenient option for you.
+
+
 @node Customizing the Kernel
 @section Customizing the Kernel
 
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1086d3220b..0410225196 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -13542,10 +13542,11 @@ Occasionally, instead of using the base services as is, you will want to
 customize them.  To do this, use @code{modify-services} (@pxref{Service
 Reference, @code{modify-services}}) to modify the list.
 
-For example, suppose you want to modify @code{guix-daemon} and Mingetty
-(the console log-in) in the @code{%base-services} list (@pxref{Base
-Services, @code{%base-services}}).  To do that, you can write the
-following in your operating system declaration:
+@anchor{auto-login to TTY} For example, suppose you want to modify
+@code{guix-daemon} and Mingetty (the console log-in) in the
+@code{%base-services} list (@pxref{Base Services,
+@code{%base-services}}).  To do that, you can write the following in
+your operating system declaration:
 
 @lisp
 (define %my-services
@@ -13571,7 +13572,9 @@ following in your operating system declaration:
 
 This changes the configuration---i.e., the service parameters---of the
 @code{guix-service-type} instance, and that of all the
-@code{mingetty-service-type} instances in the @code{%base-services} list.
+@code{mingetty-service-type} instances in the @code{%base-services} list
+(@pxref{Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY, see the cookbook for how to
+auto-login one user to a specific TTY,, guix-cookbook, GNU Guix Cookbook})).
 Observe how this is accomplished: first, we arrange for the original
 configuration to be bound to the identifier @code{config} in the
 @var{body}, and then we write the @var{body} so that it evaluates to the
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