Putting password in lilo.conf

[vickey_20]

Hey there
I wanted to put password in lilo.conf file. I added this line but doesn't seem to work out

password=vickey

. I also did

lilo -v

Is there any thing missing

[devils casper]

Have you execute lilo command without any option after editing lilo.conf file?

Edit lilo.conf file, save it and execute lilo command.

In case it doesn't work, post the contents of lilo.conf here.

[vickey_20]

I simply edited the file and put the 'password' line in the file. Followed by

lilo -v

as far as I knw it updated the entry in the MBR.

[devils casper]

Post the contents of lilo.conf file here.

Here is sample of working lilo.conf file :

default="windows1"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
compact
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
        password=xxxxxxxx
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append=" splash=silent"
	vga=788
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-nonfb"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append=" failsafe"
other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/hda2
	label="windows1"
	table=/dev/hda

[vickey_20]

I need a little more help !!
I have installed grub using this command

grub-install /dev/hda

now I m trying to restore lilo

lilo -v

But still It's not working
Here are the contents of the lilo.conf

prompt #prompt is used to tel lilo to show watevr is refrenced in message file
timeout=50 #time in deciseconds after which default OS is loaded
default=DOS #the default operating system to boot
boot=/dev/hda #tells lilo to install itself on the hda 
map=/boot/map #locates the map file
install=/boot/boot.b #tells lilo to install this file as the new boot sector
#the above file is default if the install line is missing
message=/boot/message #the msg refers to screen tat lilo displays
lba32 #could be linear

password=vickey
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL #the linux kernel to boot 
	label=linux #the OS
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img #helps in booting the kernel 
	read-only
	append="root=LABEL=/"

other=/dev/hda1
	optional
	label=Wind$

[vickey_20]

I hope those extra space around the '#' are'nt spoling the party

[vickey_20]

got it , I learned a lesson never to mess around with the conf files. Luckly had a backup and replaced the modified file with the orignal file and everything worked like cream!!

[vickey_20]

I read it some where that it is not possible to use restricted without password??

[devils casper]

Thats correct and if you use restricted keyword without password, it won't make any sense.

restricted keyword disables extra argument passing to Lilo. You have to use password to pass arguments. In case you don't use password keyword, restricted option will not work.

Check here for more details.