What I was trying to say though is that it was, if I remember correctly
1) It was accidental
2) It's been fixed (unless you're using the newest ISO...in which case it
hasn't been. But it's still ACCIDENTAL!)
Anyway, quite a few users seem to agree with you regarding the GRUB password
thingie (I installed from Debootstrap which was probably why I never
experienced the problem)...
Other users' comments, and solution to your issue, here
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/grub-issues#comment-69126 (commenting out
means putting a # at the beginning of the line making the computer ignore it
(the "proper" purpose of such a line being to put comments meant to be read
by humans opening the files rather than the machine)
