GRUB Bootloader Password Protection

This feature is introduced in SLX lately for hardening the security of management plane.

Currently, there are no protections to access the GRUB boot loader. Any user with access to the console during boot may interrupt the boot sequence to enter GRUB without authenticating.

When a user with access to the console during boot interrupts the boot sequence to modify GRUB, the system prompts for and validate a credentials before entering GRUB menu entries other than default.

The following command configures grub bootloader password.

SLX(config-grub)# username root password fabos345

The GRUB credentials will be asked when accessing grub only, when the feature is enabled via configuring the above CLI.