kbrequest & openvt

From	mike.junk.46@att.net
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	kbrequest & openvt
Date	2020-10-23 00:50 +0200
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This is a command line related question, not X.

For years under sysvinit, in /etc/inittab, this line:
kb::kbrequest:$( [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ] && /bin/openvt -su || sudo /bin/openvt -su)
allowed me to open another VT by keying Control-UpArrow.

I've had no luck generating that same functionality under systemd.
If anyone else has managed to do this I'd sure appreciate a primer.

Actually if there is another way to achieve the same results I'll gladly put kbrequest aside.

Thanks,
Mike

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kbrequest & openvt mike.junk.46@att.net - 2020-10-23 00:50 +0200
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