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Description of problem:
I tried to use grub2-setpassword today. But it did generate a incorrect configuration file. It seems the script is removing the output of grub2-mkpassword using sed, but not taking in account potential translation. So it should be run with LC_ALL=C as variable.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

# rpm -q grub2-tools
grub2-tools-2.02-0.33.el7_2.x86_64


How reproducible:

each time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 grub2-setpassword
2. enter password twice

Actual results:

# cat /boot/grub2/user.cfg
GRUB2_PASSWORD=Entrez le mot de passe : 
Entrez de nouveau le mot de passe : 
Le hachage PBKDF2 du mot de passe est grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.9AACE61E4541D7935629D4DE69


Expected results:

# cat /boot/grub2/user.cfg
GRUB2_PASSWORD="grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.9AACE61E4541D7935629D4DE69"


Additional info:

The workaround is quite easy:

  LC_ALL=C grub2-setpassword

Also, even if the locale is set to a foreign language, the prompt will not change. And make sure to use a locale where grub2 is translated to, otherwise, it will work fine.

Related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292830 (found out after facing the problem on my own system)

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2336.html

The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days