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Set grub password

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2022-06-01 04:46:13 10月05日 Update

Through grub, the user can enter the single-user mode and change the root password, so in order to ensure the security of the system, set the password for grub.

1. Plaintext encryption

Vim / etc/grub.con

Add under hiddenmenu

Password= password

Save exit

Restart the virtual machine, press any key to enter grub, press p to enter the password

2. Encryption of ciphertext

1. Md5 encryption

First generate the ciphertext corresponding to the password

Grub-md5-crypt

After the ciphertext is generated, add it to the same location in the configuration file

Password-md5 ciphertext

2. Sha encryption

Add in the same location

Password-encrypted ciphertext

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