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BIOS password information in Linux

Asked by Nodirbek

Hi everybody,

I need information of BIOS password,
such as its allowed maximal and minimal size,
 current value and whether it is set or not.
where can I find these information,
biosdecode didn't help me, what else can I do?
Can you help me, please,

Kindly regards,
Nodir.

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Colin Ian King (colin-king) said : 		#1

BIOS information, such as passwords etc, is managed by closed proprietary BIOS code and the location of this information most probably varies from BIOS to BIOS. Hence I doubt you can easily get to it.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

add:
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/mbsys/cmos_LostPassword.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LPI_Linux_Certification/Configure_Fundamental_BIOS_Settings#Security

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