we should set a grub password by default

[Oystein Viggen]

* [Sven] 

> Iam allready averted from the request of setting it by default. My
> proposal is:
> Making grub password an optional but easy to configure feature. The
> setup of the grub password should assist people, inform them about the
> additional step of bios-boot configuration, inform them about the
> remaining risk of physical access.

I claim bike shed discussion on this thread.  That is, lots of
discussion about an issue because it's unimportant and easy to
understand, so everyone sees a chance to state their opinion with little
risk of having to defend a bad decision later.

As has been stated in the thread, people who care either way can easily
change the default after install.  For home users, grub passwords are
likely to be confusing, and I'd personally forget it after a while since
it's unlikely to be automatically changed when I change the user
password.  Support for adding grub passwords when scripting the
installer for large deployments would be useful.

And the bike shed should be red, I think.  Goes well with my coat.

Øystein
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