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GRUB-SETPASSWORD(3)                            Library Functions Manual                           GRUB-SETPASSWORD(3)



NAME
       grub-setpassword — Generate the user.cfg file containing the hashed grub bootloader password.


SYNOPSIS
       grub-setpassword [OPTION]


DESCRIPTION
       grub-setpassword  outputs  the  user.cfg file which contains the hashed GRUB bootloader password. This utility
       only supports configurations where there is a single root user.

       The file has the format: GRUB2_PASSWORD=<hashed password>.


OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Display program usage and exit.

       -v, --version
              Display the current version.

       -o, --output=<DIRECTORY>
              Choose the file path to which user.cfg will be written.


SEE ALSO
       info grub

       info grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2



                                                   Thu Jun 25 2015                                GRUB-SETPASSWORD(3)