Problem setting Grub password on RHEL7
I'm sure I'm missing something very simple, but can someone help me with this?
Trying to set up a password so that the Grub menu can't be edited without authentication.
- grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2
Enter password:
Confirm password:
- Copy password hash
- Edit /etc/grub2/40_custom
set superuser="root"
password root - Save file
- grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
After rebooting, I enter 'e' at the boot menu. It prompts me for the user (I enter 'root') and then it prompts me for the password (I enter
What am I missing? This seems like it's supposed to be much easier than all this.