Set grub password after Linux Installation

| April 30, 2011

Login to the your machine as root from there type ‘grub’

#grub
Then it will prompt like

grub>

Use md5crypt command to encrypt the password as given below

grub>md5crypt
Password: *****
Encrypted : $%FasfsdTWEPaasd.wE56.RG6/

Copy this encrypted password and exit grub mode by typing quit at the prompt

Now open /etc/grub.conf file

Add the following line in the global section of the config file

password –md5 $%FasfsdTWEPaasd.wE56.RG6/

save and edit the file .

try checking ….by restarting and login single user mode and check grub prompts for password

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