[dundee] Grub questions

Nistur nistur at googlemail.com
Wed Sep 12 09:05:55 BST 2007


Thanks, I'll give that a try ((should be able to reply quicker soon, should
be getting internet today, although I only have virgin's word for that))

On 9/11/07, azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> the meathod i used was a secondary menu. using a secondary config lst.
> eg
>
> ### SUB MENU OPTIONS
> title Submenu -> More boot options
> lock
> configfile /boot/grub/options.lst
>
> where options menulist has your single user or other details.
>
> not perfect but its a start.
>
>  On 9/11/07, Nistur <nistur at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >  I was just sitting in the library, waiting for another batch of
> > freshers to come and I was thinking, is it possible to hide grub entries
> > until a password is entered? I currently have an md5 password hash in
> > grub.conf and 4 entries, ArchLinux, ArchLinux Single User (locked),
> > Windows XP and one that reboots the system.
> > Ideally I'd like to hide the single user entry untill the password is
> > entered, as it's locked until then anyways. Googling brings up very little.
> > Anyone know anything about this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nistur
> >
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