loadkeys make permanent

[k829king]

In a non X Deb9 unit I have a mapping file that I load with loadkeys to remap a couple of keys during boot. I would like to make this change permanent. Where are the default keymaps held in Deb9 and would it be possible to save the modified (after loadkeys run) keymap with a unique name and set the unit to default to that on boot? To allow loadkeys to run for normal user I've had to mess with permissions, which would like to avoid.
K.

[L_V]

You should investigate this

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 dpkg-reconfigure locales console-data  keyboard-configuration

[k829king]

that seems to be about predefined locales and keyboards?
If there is doco about how to clone existing one apply loadkeys mapping and save as new name ...

[L_V]

If the keyboard is correctly configured, why do you still need loadkeys ?

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find /usr/share/keymaps/ -type f

Or if you need a really so specific custom key mapping, you can place your loadkeys command in /etc/rc.local and enable the systemd service

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#!/bin/sh -e
#
loadkeys my_specific_keymap


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systemctl enable rc-local.service

[k829king]

why - because I want Shift+Tab to be recognised (when no X is in use)
the following works when loaded via loadkeys but I had to change permissions to allow user to run the loadkeys.
string F91 = "\033[Z"
string F92 = "\033\033[Z"
keycode 15 = Tab F91
alt keycode 15 = Meta_Tab
shift alt keycode 15 = F92

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there doesn't appear to be an /etc/rc.local in vanilla Deb9 ?
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the format of /usr/share/keymaps/ seems different to what I see in dumpkeys so not sure if I can apply the above directly to one there.

[L_V]

there doesn't appear to be an /etc/rc.local in vanilla Deb9 ?

No because not needed and disabled by default in systemd.
Then create it +

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chmod +x /etc/rc.local

or if only for root user, then /root/.bashrc could be used.

[k829king]

thankyou that sorted it (and no not for root)