c16535a845
[v0] Accepted with modifications by phcoder@ [v1] Introduce subsections within Security [v1] Correct errors regarding public key files not being automatically signature-checked in trust and verify_detached [v1] Replace check_signatures=enforce with check_signatures set to enforce [v1] Move detailed discussion of using signatures out of check_signatures environment variable description [v1] Use long form for option flags to security-relevant commands [v2] Explain the key fingerprint format for distrust and list_trusted. [v2] Eliminates references to grub-mkimage and UEFI Secure Boot. [v3] Updates in response to addition of --skip-sig to trust and verify_detached [ ] Restore @xref for cross-references at the start of sentences
This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more robust, more powerful, and more portable. See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2. See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the GRUB 2 data and program files. Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information. The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>. More extensive documentation is available in the Info manual, accessible using 'info grub' after building and installing GRUB 2. Please look at the GRUB Wiki <http://grub.enbug.org> for testing procedures. There are a number of important user-visible differences from the first version of GRUB, now known as GRUB Legacy. For a summary, please see: info grub Introduction 'Changes from GRUB Legacy'