GRUB-MKPASSWD-PBKDF2(1)

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version 2.12 · 6 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 — the girlies' guide to GRUB password hashing 💖

okay so bestie, this is grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2, a User Commands manual page, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, huge main character energy." ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 — generate hashed password for GRUB 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 [OPTION...] [OPTIONS]

yes that's the whole thing. two brackets. no notes. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Generate PBKDF2 password hash. that's literally the job. you hand it vibes, it hands you a hash, GRUB eats it, everybody's happy. 🦋

Here's the whole menu of options, no skips, no cuts, we're not doing that:

  • -c, --iteration-count=NUM — Number of PBKDF2 iterations 🔥
  • -l, --buflen=NUM — Length of generated hash 📏
  • -s, --salt=NUM — Length of salt 🧂
  • -?, --help — give this help list 🥺
  • --usage — give a short usage message ⚡
  • -V, --version — print program version 👑
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

like, the long and short versions are the same girl, different outfit. if one needs a value, so does the other. iykyk. 💖

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

if something's cursed, tell the GNU people, not me. fr fr. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2

should give you access to the complete manual. 📖

okay so that's the whole page, slay, no cap. this was GRUB 2.12, dated April 2026, and it's part of the User Commands lineup. periodt. 💅✨🎀🦋🌸💜👑

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