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On 7/30/06, Rumen Yotov <rumen@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hi Mark, |
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> Check the official gentoo security guide (docs section). |
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> ... |
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> 2.b. Password protecting GRUB |
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> |
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> GRUB supports two different ways of adding password protection to your |
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> boot loader. The first uses plain text, while the latter uses md5+salt |
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> encryption. |
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> ... |
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> Haven't used it though. |
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> HTH.Rumen |
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Rumen, |
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Thanks, but they are just two versions of what I've already tried. |
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That password protection, as shown in the Gentoo Security Guide, only |
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password protects changing the way you boot each option. As shown in |
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the guide it does not protect which version you are allowed to boot. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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