1. an extremely configurable console login program francine is an easy to configure themeable console login program. Its great configurability for per tty access-settings and that the prompt for username and password can be located anywhere in a nice colored ANSI-screen should be makes it a greatly enhanced replacement for the old clumpy login. You need a getty that is able to run different programs than just login. I suggest rungetty for that, but (alternative) getty does suffice. It can also be used from the telnetd with the -L option. This project is a spin-off from the fancylogin project, which is still maintained by Richard Bergmair. From Debian 3.0r0 APT