cdgg_cali
March 14th, 2017, 09:47 PM
To generate an encrypted password, open a terminal and run the following command:
grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2Hi,
I have been trying to secure grub using the preseed file.
On https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/example-preseed.txt you can see that it mentions this can be done using the line below, but based my testing looks like is not working.
"d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash]"
Has anyone tried and make it work successfully?
The documentation points that you need to use 'grub-md5-crypt' but this is a GRUB Legacy commands, I'm using Trusty, so the default is GRUB2 and based on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Passwords, looks like now, to generate an encrypted password you need to use the "grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2" command. I haven't being able to find any documentation about a mix of grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 and the preseed file.
Regards,
Carlos
grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2Hi,
I have been trying to secure grub using the preseed file.
On https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/example-preseed.txt you can see that it mentions this can be done using the line below, but based my testing looks like is not working.
"d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash]"
Has anyone tried and make it work successfully?
The documentation points that you need to use 'grub-md5-crypt' but this is a GRUB Legacy commands, I'm using Trusty, so the default is GRUB2 and based on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Passwords, looks like now, to generate an encrypted password you need to use the "grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2" command. I haven't being able to find any documentation about a mix of grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 and the preseed file.
Regards,
Carlos