we currently do chain grub.cfg from ESP to boot partition, can the password be set in that grub.cfg file instead? which today is outside of the scope of grub-mkconfig management.
And that grub is protected with restrictive mount options of ESP, see /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933826 Title: default file permissions on bootloader configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1933826/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs