Dell Command | Configure Version 4.x Command Line Interface Reference Guide

--SetupPwd

Table 1. --SetupPwd--SetupPwd
Attribute Details	Description
Valid Argument	<password>
Valid Argument	Sets the setup password. An argument is required. The password cannot be displayed. Initially you can set the password. If you want to remove the password, provide one blank space and the old password. Generic disclaimer Powershell PSReadline module saves every console command that you enter to a text file. So it is recommended to use "Get-Credential" comandlet to handle the password securely. $cred = Get-Credential Enter your username and password, for example, AdminPWD and Dell_123$, when the dialog box is displayed. $BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($cred.Password) $plainpwd=[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR) Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSService \| Invoke-CimMethod MethodName SetBIOSAttributes -Arguments @{AttributeName=@("AdminPwd");AttributeValue=@(" $plainpwd ")} .\cctk.exe -setuppwd=$plainpwd
Example	NOTE:Password containing special characters must be provided in double inverted commas (“”). To set the password: C:\>cctk --SetupPwd=<new-password> To change the password: cctk --SetupPwd=<new-password> --ValSetupPwd=<old-password> To remove the password: C:\>cctk --SetupPwd= --ValSetupPwd=<old-password>