# Added password protect to grub # Added --unrestricted option to 10_linux default template to allow pass on default boot linux distribution # Oficial grub Manual --> https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/Authentication-and-authorisation.html # http://daniel-lange.com/archives/75-Securing-the-grub-boot-loader.html # https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088215/grub-2-avoid-unrestricted-boot-options-are-overwritten-with-kernel-updates - name: GRUB edit unrestricted option copy: src: 10_linux dest: /etc/grub.d/10_linux owner: root group: root checksum: abff7ebe4b79dbf622ec1431d2a487e7aedc7e49 mode: u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx register: grubedit - name: GRUB edit password protection copy: content: | #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 set superusers="{{ grub_user }}" password_pbkdf2 {{ grub_user }} {{ grub_code }} dest: /etc/grub.d/00_before owner: root group: root mode: u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx register: grubpass - name: Change GRUB_TIMEOUT from 5 to 1 copy: content: | GRUB_TIMEOUT=1 dest: /etc/default/grub.d/timeout.cfg owner: root group: root mode: u=rw,g=r,o=r register: grubtime - name: Generate GRUB configuration command: update-grub when: grubedit.changed or grubpass.changed or grubtime.changed