[Bug 528604] Re: Grub 2 Authentication/PW in Lucid

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Grub 2 Authentication/PW in Lucid

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-pc

  Unencrypted password/authentication works in Karmic/Grub 1.97~beta but
  unencrypted/encrypted password/authentication does not work in
  Lucid/Grub 1.98  (Regression for the unencrypted portion).

  In Lucid/Grub 1.98, using the same formatting (unencrypted password)
  as works in Karmic results in a frozen Grub 2 menu. If "e" or "c" is
  pressed with a universal password set, nothing happens in most cases.
  On rare occasions, the username prompt will appear after a lengthy
  delay. Entering the username works, but the screen reverts to the main
  menu halfway through the pw entry.

  Encrypting a password for either a specific menuentry or universally
  behaves as above. The password is correctly generated using grub-
  mkpasswd-pbkdf2 but results in behavior similar to above.

  I have tried placing the following at the start and end of 00_header before running update-grub with no difference in the results when booting:
  cat << EOF
  set superusers="drs305"
  password drs305 12345
  EOF

  This results in the following lines in grub.cfg:
  superusers="drs305"
  password drs305 12345

  I am using guidance provided at:  http://grub.enbug.org/Authentication

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 26 12:39:08 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100122)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: grub-pc 1.98~20100128-1ubuntu3
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64

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