=== modified file 'generic/serverguide/C/security.xml'
--- generic/serverguide/C/security.xml 2010-01-11 02:26:42 +0000
+++ generic/serverguide/C/security.xml 2010-01-12 02:27:42 +0000
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
- Add the resulting hash value to the file /boot/grub/menu.lst in the following format:
+ Add the resulting hash value to the global section of the file /boot/grub/menu.lst in the following format:
password --md5 $1$s3YiK$M3lxAbqA6JLm2FbDWnClQ0
@@ -400,6 +400,17 @@
To require use of the password for entering single user mode, change the value of the lockalternative variable in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst to true, as shown in the following example.
# lockalternative=true
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+ It is important to note that the # symbol is not a comment and should NOT be removed from the beginning of the line above. This is a template string that GRUB understands. GRUB will add a lock statement to each kernel entry when the command update-grub is run. This is done automatically when kernel packages are installed and upgraded.
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+ After modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst, you should run the update-grub command to commit your changes.
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+sudo update-grub
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