Major bug in Console Security help page (affects 9.04)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Gilbert Mendoza | ||
Hardy |
Won't Fix
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High
|
Gilbert Mendoza |
Bug Description
SRU:
The affected section was removed in Lucid as it no longer applies, but there is a patch posted in comment #4 for Hardy. The existing documentation is unclear for enabling password security in GRUB.
Impact: Adjustment to documentation means the affected and new strings to be translated.
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Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
Hi,
Just found few bugs in Console Security how-to located at https:/
Bugs are related to GRUB Password Security how-to and affect all versions of documentation.
1. First of all there should be a note that "password --md5 pass" string has not to be located under the title item but in a global area.
2. The string "# lockalternative
3. !!!This is a major bug!!! After editing lockalternative to true it is necessary to put "lock" parameter under the title with recover mode as follows:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.xx-x-generic (recovery mode)
lock
uuid xxx
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
4. !!!It is necessary to note, that lock parameter which has been added in the item 3 will not be modified by grub-update script(in case of kernel upgrade and other changes) because of "# lockalternative
BTW, do we need to add lock parameter each time to the new title with a new kernel?
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
visibility: | private → public |
tags: | added: serverguide |
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Micheal_2009 (micheal-harker) |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Major bug in Console Security help page (affects all version) + Major bug in Console Security help page (affects 9.04) |
Note that Grub2 is the default now in Karmic, and may replace Grub legacy altogether in Lucid.