Am 03.12.2012 00:15, schrieb Kevin Fenzi: > On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:36:58 +0100 > Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> grub2 in fedora is crap >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882721 > > I'm not the grub2 maintainer, but personally I would ask you for a > more understandable report. What did you want to happen? What happened? > Whats your config? > > Perhaps expanding on your bug report would get it more attention? the same password protection for the bootloader which was possible for dacades with "grub-legacy" - request the password if someone is touching the boot-entry but leave the user in peace for a untouched boot set superusers="root" password_pbkdf2 root grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.********************* export superusers results in a password request every time ______________________________ menuentry 'Fedora (3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64)' --unrestricted --class fedora --class gnu-linux brings back the behavior only request a password if you try to boot as example in single-user-mode or modify any kernel-param "--unrestricted" is the key to bring back this behavior this was NOT the case for all grub2-releases it is a MAJOR DEGRADE of a bootloader having problems to secure it with a password because it is HARDLY needed if you want to be sure that nobody bypass your boot-configuration after you made sure your BIOS settings are protected with a password and boot from any external media is disallowed
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