grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2(1)

grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf21

Generate hashed password for grub

Usage

grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 [OPTION ...] [OPTIONS]

Overview

Generate PBKDF2 password hash.

-c, --iteration-count=NUM

Number of PBKDF2 iterations

-l, --buflen=NUM

Length of generated hash

-s, --salt=NUM

Length of salt

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

--help since Debian 8 (Jessie); --usage since Debian 8 (Jessie); --version since Debian 8 (Jessie); -? since Debian 8 (Jessie); -V since Debian 8 (Jessie).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From grub 2:2.16-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.