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Description of problem:
Unable to specify the path to which user.cfg is to be written to.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Specify directory:
[root@r74 ~]# grub2-setpassword -o /home/
Enter password: 
Confirm password:


Actual results:
[root@r74 ~]# ls -l /home
total 0


Expected results:
[root@r74 ~]# ls -l /home
-rw-------  1 root root  298 Nov 14 00:59 user.cfg

Additional info:
Bug 1460530 was reported for Fedora 25, and contains a proposed fix

Not sure how this fact should be documented in this ticket (if at all), but this problem has also been present in Fedora Linux since version 25.  Please see:

  BZ 1460530, "grub2-setpassword -o handling is broken"
  <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1460530>

# grub2-setpassword -o /home/
Enter password: 
Confirm password: 
grep: /home//grub.cfg: Няма такъв файл или директория
WARNING: The current configuration lacks password support!
Update your configuration with grub2-mkconfig to support this feature.

# ls -l /home/
общо 4
drwx------. 2 test test  76 18 юли  2,18 test
-rw-------. 1 root root 298 23 юли  9,21 user.cfg

# cat /home/user.cfg 
GRUB2_PASSWORD=grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.B9C8B3C9D2715889F50B8B60E57E88E70446F962B43AB50A7B9AE48DA56985B8B123177E2CDFB1BC313CFD983FAA56FFC4B8AC9343FACB621C4CAFC301ADE80F.23A930D142D5FFEE25B7D5306EB5B10D60B15BABBF4C84FB8D0291E3329E41AE354329F4457EEAC6193387CB03334B4EDC4C3CF05F2F277DC54E787592A3DB4B

# rpm -q grub2
grub2-2.02-0.73.el7.x86_64

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3264