[NTLUG:Discuss] GRUB Password

[Terry Henderson]

Dashes (-) are not what I would use in password.  I don't know if this
has anything to do with  your problem with grub, but I usually
recommend only useing unmbers and letters,  i.e.
1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

On 5/9/06, Dennis Rice <dearroz at comcast.net> wrote:
> Today in class, I attempted to demonstrate password security built into
> GRUB.  The actions that I took were:
> 1.   From XTerm, ran grub, entered password  --md5crypt, and desired
> password at prompt.  Copied encrypted password to clipboard.
> 2.   Opened /boot/grub/grub.conf file using gedit.  Entered line before
> the label section of "password --md5 'encrypted-password' (by pasting).
> 3.   Rebooted computer, but system rebooted normally without requesting
> boot-password.
>
> Any thoughts on what I might have done wrong.  Would appreciate any
> thoughts.
>
> Dennis Rice
> dennis at dearroz.net
>
>
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