grub2-setpassword (8) Linux Manual Page

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