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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > Bug-grub@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joydeep Bakshi, Linux System Admin Kolkatainfoservices Pvt Ltd, 23A Royd Street, Kolkata 700016, India Work Phone 91 033 40014784 http://infoservices.in/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub