CMOSPWD(8)

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💾 CMOSPWD(8) — like, the cmos/bios password recovery tool bestie 💅

ok so this is the manual page for cmospwd, a cmos/bios password recovery tool that lives in the System Manager's Manual section (section 8, for the system-admin girlies 🫶). ngl it's a little chaotic, it's giving "written by a real one who was busy" but we're gonna walk through it together, mwah 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cmospwd [options]...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you give it options, it does stuff. periodt.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically? this manual page documents briefly the cmospwd command. yes, "briefly." that's the energy we're working with, and honestly? respect the honesty. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

a summary of options is included below, and bestie, we are listing every single one because we don't do skipping around here ✨

  • -h, --help — usage information. it tells you how to use it. iconic behaviour honestly 👑
  • /kfr, -kfr — french AZERTY keyboard 🇫🇷 like, oui oui, the keys are where the French girlies expect them
  • /kde, -kde — German QWERTZ keyboard 🇩🇪 ja, the Z and the Y are doing a little swap, it's fine, it's their thing
  • /d, -d — dump cmos. just, like, show me everything. no thoughts, just output 🫶
  • /k, -k — kill cmos. > ⚠️ okay so this one is literally called kill, so like… know what you're doing before you commit, bestie. this is not a drill, this is not a vibe, this is a kill.
  • /R, -R — force mode. capital R because it means business 💅
  • /w <cmos_backup_file>, -w <cmos_backup_file>, /s <cmos_backup_file>, -s <cmos_backup_file> — write cmos_backup_file. four whole ways to say the same thing, because options are for the people 🌈
  • /l <cmos_backup_file>, -l <cmos_backup_file> — load cmos_backup_file. bring it back, bestie 🦋
  • /r <cmos_backup_file>, -r <cmos_backup_file> — restore cmos_backup_file. put it back exactly where it belongs, no cap ✨
  • /m0010011, -m0010011 — execute module 3, 6 and 7. and yes, the little string of digits is how you pick them, and the digits that are 1 here line up with modules 3, 6 and 7. slay 🌟

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read that one too, it's the other girly in the group chat 💜

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

cmospwd was written by GRENIER Christophe, grenier@cgsecurity.org.

this manual page was written by Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). we love a generous king 👑

ok that's the whole page, you made it, I'm so proud of you 🥹✨ this was CMOSPWD(8) from the System Manager's Manual, and the source version + date on the tin is July 6, 2006 🌸 so like, yes, it's an elder, but it still ate and left no crumbs. go forth and be normal about your CMOS passwords, mwah 💖🎀💅

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