Re: how to protect grub menu editing ?

[J.Bakshi]

adrian15 wrote:
> J.Bakshi escribió:
>> adrian15 wrote:
>>> J.Bakshi escribió:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have an entry in menu.lst like
>>>>
>>>> # Entry 1
>>>> title Linux
>>>> password --md5 b njhjkhjksklk
>>>> kernel  < here is the kernel path>
>>>> <and rest of the configuration>
>>>> #   end of entry 1###########
>>>>
>>>> Now the entry "Linux"  is asking password if I select it for booting.
>>>> But pressing e still open the
>>>> config lines of entry 1. How can I protect editing by password ?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>> I think that the password line should be above all the title lines...
>>> just after the timeout default and fallback commands.
>>
>> Hi Adrian,
>> thanks for your response. My intention is providing a separate password
>> for each and every entry. hence I can't use password at top of the
>> menu.lst. So is there any other alternative to protect editing the entry
>> and block the command mode so that user can't use that ?
>
> Yes.
>
> What you should know is that putting password just after the default
> and fallback lines does not block grub until a password is set.
>
> Putting password just after the default and fallback lines blocks the
> edit and command line options till through 'p' key you enter the
> correct password.
>
> Even if you put a global password you can put another password into
> each one of the title entries so that when this option is selected a
> password is asked.

Great , thanks a lot Adrian,
have a great day :-)

>
> adrian15
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