How To Install cmospwd on Fedora 34

cmospwd is BIOS password cracker utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmospwd on Fedora 34.

What is `cmospwd`

CmosPwd decrypts password stored in cmos used to access BIOS SETUP. Works with the following BIOSes * ACER/IBM BIOS * AMI BIOS * AMI WinBIOS 2.5 * Award 4.5x/4.6x/6.0 * Compaq (1992) * Compaq (New version) * IBM (PS/2, Activa, Thinkpad) * Packard Bell * Phoenix 1.00.09.AC0 (1994), a486 1.03, 1.04, 1.10 A03, 4.05 rev 1.02.943, 4.06 rev 1.13.1107 * Phoenix 4 release 6 (User) * Gateway Solo - Phoenix 4.0 release 6 * Toshiba * Zenith AMI With CmosPwd, you can also backup, restore and erase/kill cmos.

We can use yum or dnf to install cmospwd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cmospwd.

Install cmospwd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cmospwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmospwd

Install cmospwd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cmospwd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmospwd

How To Uninstall cmospwd on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the cmospwd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmospwd

cmospwd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/7e51dbe41c6414437fd95e14dfb4d7a75872d3
/usr/sbin/cmospwd
/usr/share/doc/cmospwd
/usr/share/doc/cmospwd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cmospwd/cmospwd.txt

References

cmospwd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmospwd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.