Mark Knecht wrote: > On 7/30/06, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> > NOTE: I currently do this be editing the grub file itself but I'm >> > looking for something more sophisticated since I'd like my wife to be >> > able to boot Windows but not my son. >> >> Have windows users, then. Let your son boot it, but not use it. >> >> > > Arturo, > Hi. Thanks for the response. Not an acceptable strategy. My son is > a Windows user for playing games. I do not want him using Windows when > he chooses since the gaming gets in the way of school, as it should > for any healthy 14 year old boy. ;-) > > What I really want is when the machine turns on he gets Linux > unless myself or my wife grants him access to Windows. > > Thanks, > Mark Hi Mark, Check the official gentoo security guide (docs section). ... 2.b. Password protecting GRUB
GRUB supports two different ways of adding password protection to your boot loader. The first uses plain text, while the latter uses md5+salt encryption. ... Haven't used it though. HTH.Rumen
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