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This is a Ubuntu 12.04 Minimal Install.

When I scroll across these 6 terminals using Ctrl+Alt+F1 through
Ctrl+Alt+F6 , I have to independently login each of them; one-by-one.

Is their any way out that I may login to all of these 6 terminals in one go??

BhaveshDiwan
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    The answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9266401/login-to-multiple-ttys-from-one-tty looks similar to what you're after, in general, you would use tmux or screen (both available in the Ubuntu repositories) for enabling and managing multiple terminals though. – arand Jun 28 '12 at 11:22
  • unfortunately this method uses SSH keys, which I don't want to. could there be something like federal login for all the terminals? – BhaveshDiwan Jun 28 '12 at 19:04
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    Just curious, Why would you want to do that? – Mitch Jul 05 '12 at 08:37
  • @Mitch, since I am logged into one terminal, that means I am authenticated user. now i want to do this for example the tty1 gets occupied if i run startx. now to do apt-get i need tty2 and to simultaneously edit some file by vim i will surly require tty3. now it would be a great convenience if i log into tty1 and it comes along all the tty's.. :-) – BhaveshDiwan Jul 05 '12 at 18:24
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    Have a look at this http://linuxgazette.net/issue69/henderson.html – Mitch Jul 05 '12 at 18:45
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    I don't know how to do that, but you can use something like byobu to achieve the "same" effect. It's really handy when working in console mode – Salem Jul 06 '12 at 22:20

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You can edit as super user the files named /etc/init/ttyx.conf (where x can be 1 to 6) as follows:

sudo gedit /etc/init/tty1.conf

find 

exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1

and comment it:

#exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1

Write below:

exec /bin/login -f USERNAME < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>&1

where USERNAME is yours.

If you still want to start GUI, add startx to your bash profile:

sudo -s
echo "startx" >> $HOME/.bash_profile

or, if this won't work, open your user’s .bashrc file:

gedit ~/.bashrc

Add the following to the end of the file:

if [ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]; then
startx
fi
jasmines
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