NAME

psm — Command line interface to Apple Silicon password slot manager

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

A simple command line interface which lets you check the status of slots, and remove any orphaned slots. Slots are automatically allocated on a first come first serve bases, and this tool allows you to see which users are currently being protected by a specific slot. To free up a slot you may need to delete an existing user from the system that is currently enrolled; thus allowing the next password change to enroll into Apple Silicon password slot manager.

By default psm will execute the command supplied and report if anything went wrong.

Here is a complete list of the options available:

-d disk3s5

specify a disk to operate on <disk3s5>

-s #

specify a specifc slot number

-v

will make psm more verbose.

VERBS

status

Displays status for all currently enrolled slots

remove

Allows you to remove a specific slot

SEE ALSO

passwd(1) diskutil(8) fdesetup(8)

HISTORY

psm was first introduced in Mac OS X version 11.