Re: F29 System Wide Change: Make BootLoaderSpec the default

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Once upon a time, Kyle Marek <psppsn96@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> On 06/22/2018 05:15 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> > And basic Unix permissions... because there can be privileged content in
> > GRUB config and even initramfs.
> 
> That's interesting. I generally don't see /boot as something that normal
> users shouldn't be able to read. Or, in other words, I generally don't
> see it as a place where secret data should be stored.
> 
> Any particular examples?

GRUB can have passwords to protect booting, menu options, and changing
config.  The initramfs can have network and iSCSI config for mounting
the root filesystem.

-- 
Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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