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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: Display the current version.
-o, --output=<DIRECTORY>: Choose the file path to which user.cfg will be written.