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Check if a BIOS password is set

Résumé: This script sample demonstrates how to confirm if a BIOS level password is set on a Dell client system.

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Symptômes

This script sample demonstrates how to confirm if a BIOS level password is set on a Dell client system. This script requires that Dell Command | Monitor (DCM) previously known as OMCI is installed on the system.This script queries the WMI class DCIM_BiosPassword in the Dell namespace root\dcim\sysman. WMI namespace root\dcim\sysman is available if DCM is installed on the system.

BIOS Administrator password is reported as 'AdminPwd' and BIOS System password is reported as "SystemPwd'. 

SCRIPT

<#  
.Synopsis  
   Confirm if a BIOS level password is set on a Dell client system.   
.Description
    This script queries the WMI class DCIM_BiosPassword in the Dell
    namespace root\dcim\sysman. Namespace root\dcim\sysman is available
    if DCM is installed on the system.
    BIOS Admin password is reported as 'AdminPwd' and BIOS System password
    is reported as "SystemPwd'.
 
#>

$dcm = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root -Class __Namespace | where-object Name -eq DCIM
if (!$dcm) {
    Write-Output "DCM is not installed. Exiting...."
    return
}
$passwords = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -classname dcim_biospassword 
$passwords | foreach-Object {
        $output = $_.AttributeName
  
        if ($_.IsSet -match "True") {
            $output += " is set on $env:COMPUTERNAME."
        }
        elseif ($_.IsSet -match "False") {
            $output += " is not set on $env:COMPUTERNAME."
        }
        else
        {
        }
        Write-Output $output
      } 

Propriétés de l’article
Numéro d’article: 000146401
Type d’article: Solution
Dernière modification: 21 Feb 2021
Version:  3
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