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** Description changed:

+ SRU:
+ The affected section was removed in Lucid as it no longer applies, but there 
is a patch posted in comment #4 for Hardy.  The existing documentation is 
unclear for enabling password security in GRUB.
+ Impact: Adjustment to documentation means the affected and new strings to be 
translated.
+ 
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+ 
  Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
  
  Hi,
  
  Just found few bugs in Console Security how-to located at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/console-security.html.
  
  Bugs are related to GRUB Password Security how-to and affect all
  versions of documentation.
  
  1. First of all there should be a note that "password --md5 pass"  string has 
not to be located under the title item but in a global area.
  2. The string "# lockalternative=false" confused me, it is necessary to note 
that string has not to be copied without hash char. It has to be edited as "# 
lockalternative=true" because it as a template for grub-update scripts.
  3. !!!This is a major bug!!! After editing lockalternative to true it is 
necessary to put "lock" parameter under the title with recover mode as follows:
  
  title         Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.xx-x-generic (recovery mode)
  lock
  uuid          xxx
  kernel                /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xx-x-generic root=UUID=xxx ro  single
  initrd                /boot/initrd.img-2.6.xx-x-generic
  
  4. !!!It is necessary to note, that lock parameter which has been added
  in the item 3 will not be modified by grub-update script(in case of
  kernel upgrade and other changes) because of "# lockalternative=true".
  Without "# lockalternative=true" single user mode will be unlocked on
  next grub-update.
  
  BTW, do we need to add lock parameter each time to the new title with a
  new kernel?

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Major bug in Console Security help page (affects 9.04)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384148
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