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If I have disable recovery option and someone still get's to root using the ro recovery nomodeset how do I password protect root? I know how to block the recovery just Want it to require a password every time you use a command in root

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  • possible duplicate of How to set up GRUB2 password in an easy way?
    – psusi
    Jul 23, 2015 at 23:47
  • AFIK physical access is root access as you can always boot a live usb and access the hard drive. IMO the best option is full encryption (LUKS) or at least encrypt any sensitive data
    – Panther
    Jul 24, 2015 at 3:45

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I found out that is was really simple, all you have to do is run the following command and it adds a password to root.sudo passwd root.

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