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.

SEE ALSO¶

info grub

info grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2