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I can't seem to find any documentation on Grub2. Does Grub2 still has a "lock" feature? I looked everywhere, but I can't find this information. I'm not going to rely on the bios password to lock the machine down. This is ridiculous. Am I better off going back to the grub legacy?
be aware that if I can get to your computer and case is unlocked I can still bypass any grub passwd. (I do not want to just letting you know look for other ways to protect yourself if local users are a problem)
be aware that if I can get to your computer and case is unlocked I can still bypass any grub passwd. (I do not want to just letting you know look for other ways to protect yourself if local users are a problem)
That is grub 0.x (legacy), not grub 1.x to 2.0.
thanks
The latest version of Grub doesn't have a lock feature. I don't know why so many distros are making people upgrade to this useless version. I downgraded to the legacy. Everything is working like a charm.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-2-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-2-386 root=/dev/hdb3 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-2-386
password --md5 $1$w7Epf0$vX6rxpozznLAVxZGkcFcs.
See the final entry, this will stop ubuntu from being editied (can still be booted..)
That only works with legacy. Also, the password entry doesn't belong there. It has to be located above. For legacy, your will need to use and replace with the "lock" command. Apparently, the lock feature isn't available for the latest version. I will stick with 0.97 until they are ready.
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