Password protect Grub Bootloader
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
You’re thinking a lot about computer security lately, and that’s a good thing. You certainly made the right choice going to Linux, and Debian was wise, too. That’s not the end of your thought about security I hope. This short tutorial will show you how to password protect your Grub boot loader rendering your machine un-boot-able (that’s not even close to being a real word!) to the casual snoop, or anyone else without the ability to get around this; which for all intents and purposes is just about anybody you know. This is by no means absolute security for your machine, far from it - it’s merely a wrinkle in the road.