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No heu tingut mai la necessitat de protegir una de les opcions de botat del grub amb un password, doncs aquí teniu un exemple de com fer-ho:
grub> md5crypt
Password: *********
Encrypted: $1$sEOFN1$dalP1fzlFCHD4saxlnNzM/
grub>
Com queda el menu.lst:
# Start GRUB global section
#timeout 30
color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
<br>
# Other bootable partition config begins
title Forbidden (on /dev/hda1)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
# Other bootable partition config ends
<br>
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Ubuntu Breezy (on /dev/hda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=790
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-9-386
password --md5 $1$sEOFN1$dalP1fzlFCHD4saxlnNzM/
# Linux bootable partition config ends