Sure, but as I've written above there is subtle difference between adding init=/bin/bash to the menu entry and the cat command. The cat command is so easy to use (and with online-help), that even a person without any linux-knowledge (e.g. childs) won't have a problem to find and use it.
That means it is much more dangerous not to use a password to protect a linux-box with grub2 than it was with legacy grub. And I've seen e.g. tons of messages where it is explained how to enable the grub-menu (in ubuntu 9.10), all were without any remark that this should be done only in conjunction with enabling a password for grub. So there is imho clearly a requirement to warn users about that (preferable at least in the grub-documentation from where it will spread to other documentations), otherwise it doesn't needs long until classrooms or such are equiped with dangerous grub2-installations. -- grub2 - cat - security - it becomes too easy without pwd-protected grub-shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
