NVME-SED-PASSWORD(1)

💅 NVME-SED-PASSWORD(1) — nvme-sed-password

okay bestie, welcome to the NVMe Manual section for nvme-sed-password, and yes we are absolutely going to change the locking password of a SED device together, hand in hand, no cap 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nvme-sed-password — change the locking password of a SED device 🔐

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nvme [<global-options>] sed password <device>

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the whole vibe of this one is literally just: change the locking password of a SED device. that's it, that's the whole main character moment. you point it at your device, you swap the password, you slay 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

⭐ GLOBAL OPTIONS ⭐

ngl these aren't even this subcommand's own options — they're defined at the top-level nvme command, and they're available to this subcommand too. iconique inheritance behavior, we love to see it 👑

• --dry-run — print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. it's giving window shopping, not actually buying 🛍️
• --no-ioctl-probing — disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. no poking around, we're just going straight in 🙈
• --no-retries — disable retry logic on transient errors. one shot, one opportunity, no second chances 💀
• -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — set the reporting format to normal, tabular, json, or binary. only one output format may be used at a time — pick a lane bestie, you can't have all four ✨
• --output-format-version=<version> — select the output format version. version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. other versions are rejected, sorry not sorry 🚫
• --quiet — suppress informational messages. errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. it's giving "don't talk to me unless something's wrong" 🤫
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — set libnvme library options for this invocation. supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. mix and match, comma-separated, go off 🎀
• --timeout=<ms> — set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). patient queen energy ⏳
• -v, --verbose — increase the level of detail in the output. may be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. stack it, layer it, we love a build-up 🔥

💡 these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). and a command-line flag always overrides the file — CLI stays winning, periodt.

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

here's the moment you've been waiting for, the actual run 🏃‍♀️💨

nvme sed password /dev/nvme5n1
Password: New Password: Re-enter New Password:

look at those prompts — Password:, then New Password:, then Re-enter New Password: — it's a whole three-step ritual and honestly? iconic. type carefully, bestie, there's no undo button in this paragraph 😭

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👑 NVME 👑

part of nvme-cli — you're in the family now 🫶

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that's the whole page, bestie!! this beauty comes to you from the NVMe crew, dated 10/30/2026, and it lives in the NVMe Manual — go forth and password your SEDs responsibly 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅