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

--SysPwd

Table 1. --SysPwd--SysPwd
Attribute Details	Description
Valid Arguments	<password>
Valid Arguments	Sets the system password. An argument is required. The password cannot be reported. Initially you can set the password using Dell Command \| Configure. 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=@(" $plainpwd ")} .\cctk.exe -syspwd=$plainpwd
Example	NOTE:Password containing special characters must be provided in double inverted commas (“”). To set the password: C:\>cctk --SysPwd=<new-password> To change the password: cctk --SysPwd=<new-password> --ValSysPwd=<old-password> To remove the password: C:\>cctk --SysPwd= --ValSysPwd=<old-password>