Re: RFE for password protection

[Han Holl]

On Saturday 26 January 2002 12:23 am, you wrote:
> At Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:05:17 +0100,
>
> Han Holl wrote:
> > I can get this behaviour with grub by protecting all
> > entries but the default with 'lock', but this is rather
> > tedious and can easily lead to errors.
>
> Why? How many entries do you have?
>
It's not the number of entries that I have (3 usually), but
the number of machines (60, all over the country).
I distribute a new kernel occasionally, remove the oldest,
and must declare the newest default.
Our users must not be allowed to boot the wrong kernel
accidentally, but I want to keep those as backup.
This is all done by scripting, and I just have the impression
that scripting migth be easier with a LILO compatibilty
mode.

It's not a big deal, however. It just might make migrating
from LILO easier for some users (like me).

(This is also the reason that I don't like the 'default #' configuration
of grub very much: it's rather awkward for a script to find out
wich is the kernel booted by default).

Cheers,

Han Holl
> Thanks,
> Okuji