GRUB-SET-PASSWORD
Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: Thu Jun 25 2015
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NAME
grub-set-password --- Generate the user.cfg file containing the hashed grub bootloader password.
SYNOPSIS
grub-set-password [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
grub-set-password outputs the user.cfg file which contains the hashed GRUB bootloader password. This utility only supports configurations where there is a single root user.
The file has the format:
GRUB2_PASSWORD=<hashed password>.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
Display program usage and exit.
- -v, --version
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Display the current version.
- -o, --output=<DIRECTORY>
-
Choose the file path to which user.cfg will be written.
SEE ALSO
info grub
info grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2