---
name: "cmospwd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cmospwd"
version: "5.0+dfsg-2.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cmospwd"
---

# cmospwd(8)

a cmos/bios password recovery tool

## NAME

cmospwd - a cmos/bios password recovery tool

## SYNOPSIS

**cmospwd** \[*options*\]*...*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **cmospwd** command.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Usage information.

- **/kfr, -kfr**

  french AZERTY keyboard.

- **/kde, -kde**

  German QWERTZ keyboard.

- **/d, -d**

  Dump cmos.

- **/k, -k**

  Kill cmos.

- **/R, -R**

  Force mode.

- **/w \<cmos\_backup\_file\>, -w \<cmos\_backup\_file\>, /s \<cmos\_backup\_file\>, -s \<cmos\_backup\_file\>**

  Write cmos\_backup\_file.

- **/l \<cmos\_backup\_file\>, -l \<cmos\_backup\_file\>**

  Load cmos\_backup\_file.

- **/r \<cmos\_backup\_file\>, -r \<cmos\_backup\_file\>**

  Restore cmos\_backup\_file.

- **/m0010011, -m0010011**

  Execute module 3, 6 and 7.

## SEE ALSO

[**dmidecode**(8)](/dmidecode/8.md).\

## 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).