grub-setpassword(3) — Generate the user.cfg file containing the hashed grub bootloader password.

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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 util‐
       ity 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)