diff -urN mingetty-0.9.4.orig/mingetty.8 mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.8
--- mingetty-0.9.4.orig/mingetty.8	2004-03-08 00:35:30.000000000 +0100
+++ mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.8	2004-03-08 02:14:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 mingetty \- minimal getty for consoles
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B mingetty
-[\-\-noclear] [\-\-long\-hostname] [\-\-autologin username]
+[\-\-noclear] [\-\-long\-hostname] [\-\-autologin username] [\-\-defaultlogin username]
 .I tty
 .PP
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 will revert to performing normal interactive logins for all subsequent
 login requests.
 .TP
+.B \-\-defaultlogin username
+Log the specified user when no username is supplied in the prompt.
+.TP
 .B \-\-mono
 Set terminal type to "linux-m" instead of default "linux" (for mono consoles)
 .TP
diff -urN mingetty-0.9.4.orig/mingetty.c mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.c
--- mingetty-0.9.4.orig/mingetty.c	2004-03-08 00:35:30.000000000 +0100
+++ mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.c	2004-03-08 01:51:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *  should be very reliable. For a modem getty, I'd also use nothing else
  *  but mgetty.
  *
- *  Usage: mingetty [--noclear] [--autologin username] tty
+ *  Usage: mingetty [--noclear] [--autologin username] [--defaultlogin username] tty
  *  Example entry in /etc/inittab: 1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 static int longhostname = 0;
 /* If supplied, attempt an automatic login with this username. */
 static char *autologin_name = NULL;
+/* If no login supplied, attempt a default login with this username. */
+static char *defaultlogin_name = NULL;
 /* Set mono terminal type */
 static int mono_term = 0;
 /* Log onto remote host */
@@ -350,6 +352,27 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * defaultlogin_ok -- returns 1 if it's okay to do default-login when:
+ *   there was a login name passed with the --defaultlogin option; and
+ *   the defaultlogin_name contains only "nice" characters;
+ * return 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int defaultlogin_ok(void)
+{
+	char c, *cp;
+
+	/* An all-alphanumeric defaultlogin name must be supplied. */
+	if (defaultlogin_name == NULL || defaultlogin_name[0] == '\0')
+		return 0;
+	for (cp = defaultlogin_name; (c = *cp); cp++)
+		if (!isalnum(c) && c != '_')
+			return 0;
+
+	/* All tests are okay, so grant the defaultlogin request. */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* do_prompt - show login prompt, optionally preceded by /etc/issue contents */
 static void do_prompt (void)
 {
@@ -378,7 +401,13 @@
 	}
 #endif
 	write (1, hn, strlen (hn));
-	write (1, LOGIN, sizeof (LOGIN) - 1);
+	write (1, LOGIN, sizeof (LOGIN) - 3);
+	if(defaultlogin_ok()) {
+		write (1, " (", 2);
+		write (1, defaultlogin_name, strlen(defaultlogin_name));
+		write (1, ")", 1);
+	};
+	write (1, ": ", 2);
 }
 
 /* get_logname - get user name, establish speed, erase, kill, eol */
@@ -410,6 +439,7 @@
 			else
 				*bp++ = c;
 		}
+		if(defaultlogin_ok()) break;
 	}
 	return logname;
 }
@@ -484,6 +514,7 @@
 	{ "noclear", no_argument, &noclear, 1},
 	{ "long-hostname", no_argument, &longhostname, 1},
  	{ "autologin", required_argument, NULL, 'a'},
+ 	{ "defaultlogin", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
 	{ "mono", no_argument, &mono_term, 1},
 	{ "remote-host", required_argument, NULL, 2},
 	{ "login-program", required_argument, NULL, 3},
@@ -522,6 +553,9 @@
 			case 'a':
 				autologin_name = optarg;
 				break;
+			case 'd':
+				defaultlogin_name = optarg;
+				break;
 			default:
 				usage ();
 		}
@@ -564,6 +598,12 @@
  	if (autologin_ok()) {
  		execl (_PATH_LOGIN, _PATH_LOGIN, "-f", autologin_name, NULL);
  	} else {
+
+ 	if (defaultlogin_ok()) {
+		logname = get_logname ();
+		if(*logname == 0)
+			execl (_PATH_LOGIN, _PATH_LOGIN, "--", defaultlogin_name, NULL);
+	} else
 	while ((logname = get_logname ()) == 0);
 
 	if (!remote_login) {