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| author | Dubiousjim <dubiousjim@gmail.com> | 2013-06-29 16:41:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> | 2013-06-30 11:20:34 +0000 |
| commit | 083a16ab99577619894895087aec94cb039f3ceb (patch) | |
| tree | ae705f3052ae8a1ec2b18ca94df175a49cd1e2cf /main/syslinux/syslinux.trigger | |
| parent | 7558f26d28e1bcc6a62c42405c65ab14cc632ef3 (diff) | |
| download | aports-083a16ab99577619894895087aec94cb039f3ceb.tar.bz2 aports-083a16ab99577619894895087aec94cb039f3ceb.tar.xz | |
main/syslinux: hooks for bootloader password
We allow a password to be set in /etc/update-extlinux.conf. Instructions for
generating this are in /etc/update-extlinux.conf. For reference, here is another
(equivalent) way to generate the MD5 password: openssl passwd -1 -salt yy pass
If one sets a password, one will presumably want to make
/etc/update-extlinux.conf world-unreadable. We don't do that for you; however
we do make sure when a password is present to make the /boot/extlinux.conf
files we generate be world-unreadable.
Of the auto-generated entries, only HDT (if this is generated) is now
configured to respect the password; however, you can include "MENU PASSWD" in
any entries you put in /etc/update-extlinux.d/.
For example, I configure my BIOS to only boot from the internal drive, but I
have an entry in /etc/update-extlinux.d that permits chain-booting from a USB
key, and I have this entry configured to also require the password. (The BIOS
is also passworded, so that these settings can't be changed willy-nilly.)
Conflicts:
main/syslinux/update-extlinux.conf
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