Bug 119591

Summary:	Wrong info text in info text of YaST2 GRUB module
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Anke Boernig <anke>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Attachments:	Screenshot of YaST2 GRUB password protection menu

Description Anke Boernig 2005-09-30 06:43:24 UTC

I just realized that bug 63999 which I reported for 9.2 still is not fixed ...

The information text for setting a password in GRUB using the YaST2 module reads:

"To protect the computer from being booted by an unauthorized person, set ...."

But that is wrong for GRUB. 

The password option in GRUB lets you choose and boot any of the available menu
entries, but you cannot add any options (similar to password + restricted in LILO). 

So your computer will not be protected to being booted from somebody who does
not know the password. If you want to achieve that, you need to add the
parameter "lock" to all GRUB entries.

But the info text is rather misleading and should be changed.

And I still miss the "warning" that if you choose that option (password) 
the graphical menue will not be available any more.

Comment 1 Michael Gross 2005-09-30 09:20:13 UTC

In bug #63999 Jiří wrote this issue would be fixed and I cannot find the
mentioned text at all. But nontheless this should be checked again.

Anke: Can you tell me where to find this text in the yast2 bootloader module?
Jiří: What `several issues' did you fix? Is there an actual password-protection
now or just a lock for the append-line?

Comment 2 Anke Boernig 2005-09-30 12:22:07 UTC

In bug 63999, I critized that the password was stored as clear text in the
/grub/menu.lst . That isn't the case anymore.

For the text:
Go to YaST2 -> System -> Boot Loader, then open the tab "Boot Loader
Installation" and choose "Boot Loader Options".
On the left side, there is an info text with the headline "Password Protection".
 
I'll add a screenshot.

Comment 3 Anke Boernig 2005-09-30 13:18:32 UTC

Created attachment 51242 [details]
Screenshot of YaST2 GRUB password protection menu

Comment 4 Michael Gross 2005-10-04 10:09:38 UTC

Reassigning this to Jiří ;)

Comment 5 Jiri Srain 2005-10-04 10:45:24 UTC

I fixed the help text. I used help text from an older version of YaST when 
rewriting the dialog. 
 
Done in SVN for 10.1 (fix for 10.0 would break translations).