GRUB-SET-PASSWORD(8)

💖 GRUB-SET-PASSWORD 💖

okay so bestie, this is grub-set-password from the System Administration Utilities fam — and it's giving "let me generate the user.cfg file containing the hashed grub bootloader password" ✨ iykyk.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

grub-set-password [OPTION]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay real talk: the grub bootloader password may only be set by root. that's the vibe check, no exceptions, periodt 👑

./grub-set-password prompts the user to set a password on the grub bootloader. the password gets written to a file named user.cfg, and that file lives in the GRUB directory — which is located by default at /boot/grub2. so cute, so tidy 🎀

and here are the options, bestie, every single one:

• -h, --help — print this message and exit 🫶
• -v, --version — print the version information and exit 💅
• -o, --output_path <DIRECTORY> — put user.cfg in a user-selected directory 🦋 (yes you can choose where it goes, main character energy fr fr)

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not me being the one to tell you but: report bugs at https://bugzilla.redhat.com. the original page also repeats this whole usage block, so here it is in full, exactly as it appears, no cap:

Usage: ./grub-set-password [OPTION] ./grub-set-password prompts the user
to set a password on the grub bootloader. The password is written to a
file named user.cfg which lives in the GRUB directory located by default
at /boot/grub2.

-h, --help
       print this message and exit

-v, --version
       print the version information and exit

-o, --output_path <DIRECTORY>
       put user.cfg in a user-selected directory

Report bugs at https://bugzilla.redhat.com.

literally the whole description and every option, again. iconic of them honestly 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the full documentation for grub-set-password is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and grub-set-password programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-set-password

should give you access to the complete manual. slay 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie — GRUB-SET-PASSWORD(8), part of the System Administration Utilities, dated April 2026 🫶✨ go forth and password-protect your bootloader, you absolute icon 💅