grub2-set-password - Man Page
generate the user.cfg file containing the hashed grub bootloader password
Synopsis
grub-set-password [OPTION]
Description
The grub bootloader password may only be set by root.
./grub-set-password prompts the user to set a password on the grub bootloader. The password is written to a file named user.cfg which lives in the GRUB directory located by default at /boot/grub2.
- -h, --help
print this message and exit
- -v, --version
print the version information and exit
- -o, --output_path <DIRECTORY>
put user.cfg in a user-selected directory
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs at https://bugzilla.redhat.com.
Usage: ./grub-set-password [OPTION] ./grub-set-password prompts the user to set a password on the grub bootloader. The password is written to a file named user.cfg which lives in the GRUB directory located by default at /boot/grub2.
- -h, --help
print this message and exit
- -v, --version
print the version information and exit
- -o, --output_path <DIRECTORY>
put user.cfg in a user-selected directory
Report bugs at https://bugzilla.redhat.com.
See Also
The full documentation for grub-set-password is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-set-password programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info grub-set-password
should give you access to the complete manual.
Referenced By
The man page grub2-setpassword(8) is an alias of grub2-set-password(8).