How to set gurb password

[Chris Hewitt]

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 15:51, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 04:11:12AM -0400, SoftNet Technologies wrote:
> > Hi all
> >  
> > Please tell me the process how can I set password after installation of linux box.
> >  
> > Thanks
> >  
> > Softnet
> 
> Whose password?
> 
> If root's password, boot with the install CD to rescue mode (enter
> "linux rescue" at the boot prompt), let it find your installation and
> mount it on /mnt/sysimage.  Then
> 
>   chroot /mnt/sysimage
>   passwd
>   exit
>   exit
> 
> Pop out the CD and it should boot normally.
> 
> If some mere mortal's password, root can change it using
> 
>   passwd <some_user>
> 
> "man passwd" for more info.
> 
> Cheers,

>From the subject line, I think you mean the grub password? If so, this
is documented. In a terminal do "info grub", scroll down to the Security
option and press the enter key to see that section.

Hope this helps

Chris