Grub password input necessary for other OSs at booting
Hi,
I just installed Trisquel 7 and I wonder why I needed to enter the GRUB user and password to boot other operating systems when installation was finished?
It was a bit annoying since I didn't know where the password was stored. Luckily I found it in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. However, uncommenting the password in this file didn't work, so I reinstalled GRUB.
Is this the way it should be or is it a bug?
Thank you!
> Is this the way it should be
We can debate this and have done so on this forum before.
> or is it a bug?
It's by choice.
You don't need to reinstall grub but just edit /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD including commenting it out and then runsudo update-grub
>> We can debate this and have done so on this forum before. <<
For example:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/can-grub-password-be-changed
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/new-user-root-password-problems
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/grub-asks-password-booting-windows-dual-boot-setup
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/grub-issues
>> is it a bug? <<
No, but I think it's a bad design choice. The GRUB password serves no purpose and confuses people new to Trisquel, even those who have installed other GNU/Linux distros before.
I am a translator!
It seems to me that you are right. For an OS all the way developed with user-friendliness as its main motif, that feature is an anti-feature.
I am a translator!
It seems to me that you are right. For an OS all the way developed with
user-friendliness as its main motif, that feature is an anti-feature.
>> We can debate this and have done so on this forum before. > is it a bug?
Thank you.
Sorry, I should have looked into the forum first.
Hi,
I just installed Trisquel 7 and I wonder why I needed to enter the GRUB user
and password to boot other operating systems when installation was finished?
It was a bit annoying since I didn't know where the password was stored.
Luckily I found it in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. However, uncommenting the password
in this file didn't work, so I reinstalled GRUB.
Is this the way it should be or is it a bug?
Thank you!
My system has an external USB-connected HDD in addition to the internal HDD, both running Trisquel 7, and the internal HDD has a mostly unused Windows 7 installation that came with the notebook. Grub demands a password for the external instance of Trisquel but _not_ for the Windows 7 installation !
Not a complaint ... just an observation.
My system has an external USB-connected HDD in addition to the internal HDD,
both running Trisquel 7, and the internal HDD has a mostly unused Windows 7
installation that came with the notebook. Grub demands a password for the
external instance of Trisquel but _not_ for the Windows 7 installation !
Not a complaint ... just an observation.
I support a grub password, but unfortunately this version of ubuntu still have it bugged, you can test by hitting backspace 28 times and then see if the pc reboots when hitting enter, which is the case on mine :(
edit: actually looks like it was fixed.
> Is this the way it should be
We can debate this and have done so on this forum before.
> or is it a bug?
It's by choice.
You don't need to reinstall grub but just edit /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD
including commenting it out and then runsudo update-grub
Thank you.
Sorry, I should have looked into the forum first.
I support a grub password, but unfortunately this version of ubuntu still
have it bugged, you can test by hitting backspace 28 times and then see if
the pc reboots when hitting enter, which is the case on mine :(