Re: Reg. Grub password & Change of Permissions for /home folder.
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 21:28 +0530, Gmail POP3 Access wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 14:38 +0000, Harry Rickards wrote:
> > Quoting Gmail POP3 Access <iam.perfectionism@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > But when I did open the /boot/grub/menu.lst there are a lot of entries
> > > starting with # symbol.
> >
> > The hash means that the line is commented out, and won't be read by
> > GRUB. It usually tells you what the following line does.
> >
> >
> > > I have used the follwoing commands to create a password for grub.
> > > root terminal - Grub - grub-md5-crypt
> > >
> > > and after creation of md5 password, i have run the followig command :
> > > root terminal - grub update.
> >
> > The book probably meant to run 'grub update' in a root terminal. If
> > you go into a terminal and type in 'su', and enter the root password
> > if necessary. Then run 'grub update'.
> >
> > > I have edited the file with the follwoing entries :
> > >
> > > timeout 3
> > > password --md5 encryptedpassword data.
> > >
> > > Should I delete the below lines of the file [ menu.lst ].
> >
> > What lines are below?
>
> The following lines are present :
>
> # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
> # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
> # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
> # and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.
>
> ## default num
> # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from
> 0, and
> # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
> #
> # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default
> entry
> # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
> # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved'
> or your
> # array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
> default 0
>
> ## timeout sec
> # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
> default entry
> # (normally the first entry defined).
> timeout 5
>
> # Pretty colours
> color cyan/blue white/blue
>
> ## password ['--md5'] passwd
> # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive
> editing
> # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by
> the
> # command 'lock'
> # e.g. password topsecret
> # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
> # password topsecret
>
> #
> # examples
> #
> # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
> # root (hd0,0)
> # makeactive
> # chainloader +1
> #
> # title Linux
> # root (hd0,1)
>
>
> > >
> > > [2] I am unable to create a folder in /home folder.
> > > I did check everyother folders and to my shock I found that Owner and
> > > Group is "root".
> > > I request members to guide me for changing permissions for /home folder.
> > > Meanwhile I will do some googling.
> >
> > Is this the /home folder, or the /home/yourname folder? If it's the
> > /home folder, you should create directory's in /home/yourname. If it's
> > /home/yourname that has the owner or group set to root, open up a
> > terminal and type in 'su' again, entering the root password if
> > neccesary. Then enter the command 'chown yourusername:yourgroupname
> > /home/yourusername'. Your group name is probably the same as your user
> > name, but you can find all groups you belong to by entering the
> > command 'cat /etc/passwd|grep yourusername'.
>
> I have successfully changed the permissions.
>
> > Thanks
> >
> > Harry Rickards
>
>
> Thank You,
> @ Bhagya.
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