Behaviour in grub2 changed. To allow booting without superuser's password one has to add "--unrestricted" to boot entry.
The problem was also discussed here in more detail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840204 Additionally here's an official guide about that: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/sec-GRUB_2_Password_Protection.html ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #840204 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840204 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311302 Title: GRUB2 asks for password when booting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1311302/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
