Debian systemd autologin without a display manager

UPDATE:

Create the directory:
sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d

Create file:
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf

Insert:
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin <username> --noclear %I 38400 linux

ORIGINAL:

I just upgraded Wheezy to systemd which broke my autologin. It’s an easy fix.

Edit the file: ‘/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service’

and find the line: ‘ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty %I 38400’

and change to: ‘ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty –noclear -a USERNAME %I 38400’

The –noclear is optional, it prevents the screen from clearing out the console messages.

wiki.debian.org/systemd

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