grub2-set-password - Man Page
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
Referenced By
The man page grub2-setpassword(8) is an alias of grub2-set-password(8).
Thu Jun 25 2015