Section 8 · System administration
grub2-setpassword.8
Package: grub2-tools-minimal
GRUB-SET-PASSWORD
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO
NAME
grub-set-password − 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.