
–enrolled-returnswhetherthecurrentWindowssystemuserisenrolledintheutility
–enabled-returnswhethertheutilityisenabledintheBIOSprogram
–show-displaysresultstotheconsoleforalloftheabovecommands
•Returncodes:
–0-false
–1-true
–2-error
•Example:
cmp_util.exe-supported
ThebehaviorofthengerprintenrollmentdiffersslightlybetweenaHardwarePasswordManagerregistered
systemandanon-registeredsystem.Forregisteredsystems,theBIOSprogrampromptsforHardware
PasswordManagerUserLogincredentials(HardwareaccountIDandpassword)insteadofactualhardware
passwords.Afterverifyingthespecieduserlogincredentials,theBIOSprogramobtainstheactual
hardwarepasswordsfromthehardwareaccountandsavestheminthengerprintdevice.
Otherngerprintscenariostoconsider:
1.UserenrollsinHardwarePasswordManagerafterenrollingngerprintsforpre-boot
authentication(hardwarepasswordsareset)Inthisscenario,theuserhasalreadysetaPOPandhas
enrolledforpre-bootngerprintauthentication.TheClientPortaltreatsthescenariothesameaswhen
anypre-bootpasswordsaresetpriortoregisteringinHardwarePasswordManager.Inthiscase,the
ClientPortalinstructstheusertoremoveallhardwarepasswords.
2.UserenrollsinHardwarePasswordManagerafterenrollingngerprintsforpre-boot
authentication(hardwarepasswordsarecleared)Inthisscenario,theuserhasalreadyenrolledfor
pre-bootngerprintauthenticationbuthasmanuallyclearedthePOPandHDP(asrequestedinthe
previousscenario).ThesystemstartsandtheusercanenrollwithHardwarePasswordManager.
However,thenexttimetheuserstartsthesystemandswipestheirnger,theBIOSprogramretrieves
theoldpasswordorpasswordsfromthengerprintdeviceanddeterminesthattheyarenotvalid.The
BIOSprogramthenpromptsforuserlogincredentials.Iftheuserisvalidatedwiththeirhardware
account,thehardwarepasswordsareretrievedfromthesystemhardwareaccountbytheBIOSprogram
andthepasswordsarevalidated.Iftheyareconrmed,thenewpasswordsarestoredinthengerprint
deviceautomatically.
SafeGuardEasy/SafeGuardEnterprisecompatibility
InenvironmentswheretheSafeGuardEasy/SafeGuardEnterpriseutilityisused,theHardwarePassword
ManagerclientmustbeinstalledaftertheSafeGuardEasy/SafeGuardEnterpriseutility.
ThereisalsoalimitationwheretheHardwarePasswordManagersinglesign-onfeaturedoesnotworkwhen
theSafeGuardEasy/SafeGuardEnterpriseutilityisinstalled.Thus,theuserisnotautomaticallyloggedinto
theWindowsoperatingsystemwhentheuserperformsanormalHardwarePasswordManageruserlogin.
One-touchregistration
Asanadministrator,youcanregisteryoursystemswithHardwarePasswordManagertoprotectthemfrom
unauthorizedusersduringthedeploymentanddistributionprocess.Thisisaccomplishedbyallowingan
administratortopre-registeralloftheirsystemsintheHardwarePasswordManagerserverwithacommon
localadministratoraccount.Thisprocessrequiresasinglemanualstep(one-touch)tocomplete,whichis
requiredtopreventdenialofserviceattacks.
26HardwarePasswordManagerDeploymentGuide
Komentarze do niniejszej Instrukcji