IMG-SEC-0014:PASSWORD ENTRY ERROR. VALID GRUB PASSWORDS ARE 8 TO 16 ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS (Doc ID 2757122.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Oracle Linux 7 Requires Grub and Root password to be the same. Host_access_control is not allowing the use of special characters for grub password setting. We need to use special characters for grub and root passwords

[root@db03 ~]# export EXADATA_GRUB_PASSWORD='Welcome!'
[root@db03 ~]# /opt/oracle.cellos/host_access_control grub-password -p
EXADATA_GRUB_PASSWORD
[2020-09-14 14:13:24 -0700] [WARNING] [IMG-SEC-0014] Password entry error.
Valid GRUB passwords are 8 to 16 alphanumeric characters.
[root@db03 ~]# export EXADATA_GRUB_PASSWORD='Welcome1'
[root@db03 ~]# /opt/oracle.cellos/host_access_control grub-password -p
EXADATA_GRUB_PASSWORD
[2020-09-14 14:13:41 -0700] [INFO] [IMG-SEC-0301] GRUB password updated.

Cause

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