files copied from https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/config - many thanks to the tails developers for their nice work and documentation of it

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diff --git a/live/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/autotest_remote_shell.py b/live/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/autotest_remote_shell.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# ATTENTION: Yes, this can be used as a backdoor, but only for an
+# adversary with access to you *physical* serial port, which means
+# that you are screwed any way.
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from sys import argv
+from json import dumps, loads
+from pwd import getpwnam
+from os import setgid, setuid, environ
+from glob import glob
+import serial
+
+def mk_switch_user_fn(uid, gid):
+    def switch_user():
+        setgid(gid)
+        setuid(uid)
+    return switch_user
+
+def run_cmd_as_user(cmd, user):
+  env = environ.copy()
+  pwd_user = getpwnam(user)
+  switch_user_fn = mk_switch_user_fn(pwd_user.pw_uid,
+                                     pwd_user.pw_gid)
+  env['USER'] = user
+  env['LOGNAME'] = user
+  env['USERNAME'] = user
+  env['HOME'] = pwd_user.pw_dir
+  env['MAIL'] = "/var/mail/" + user
+  env['PWD'] = env['HOME']
+  env['DISPLAY'] = ':0.0'
+  try:
+    env['XAUTHORITY'] = glob("/var/run/gdm3/auth-for-amnesia-*/database")[0]
+  except IndexError:
+    pass
+  cwd = env['HOME']
+  return Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True, env=env, cwd=cwd,
+               preexec_fn=switch_user_fn)
+
+def main():
+  dev = argv[1]
+  port = serial.Serial(port = dev, baudrate = 4000000)
+  port.open()
+  while True:
+    try:
+      line = port.readline()
+    except Exception as e:
+      # port must be opened wrong, so we restart everything and pray
+      # that it works.
+      print str(e)
+      port.close()
+      return main()
+    try:
+      cmd_type, user, cmd = loads(line)
+    except Exception as e:
+      # We had a parse/pack error, so we just send a \0 as an ACK,
+      # releasing the client from blocking.
+      print str(e)
+      port.write("\0")
+      continue
+    p = run_cmd_as_user(cmd, user)
+    if cmd_type == "spawn":
+      returncode, stdout, stderr = 0, "", ""
+    else:
+      stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+      returncode = p.returncode
+    port.write(dumps([returncode, stdout, stderr]) + "\0")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()