Now if you boot with 'dsl 3' you will get 4 consoles logged in as user dsl in text mode.
I like that addition. It never made much sense to me to have only two options by default...either auto-X or auto-root. I still prefer tweaking inittab to give me login prompts, but your idea is both easier to implement and won't be a problem if the user doesn't want to set passwords.
original here.