To modify Mac Firmware Password policy payload item
https://{server-hostname}:8383/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/macfirmwarepassword/payloaditems/{payload_id}
MDMDeviceMgmt.UPDATECopied!
Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
Unique identifier of the profile. Obtain from the Create Profile or Get Profiles response
Unique identifier of the payload item. Obtain from the Get Payload Item IDs response
Firmware password mode. Allowed values: 1=Static Password, 2=Dynamic Password, 3=Turn Off firmware Password
Managed password ID for the new firmware/recovery lock password. Create the password first using the Add Managed Password and use the returned managed_password_id
Managed password ID for the current firmware/recovery lock password (required when changing an existing password). Create using the Add Managed Password
curl --request PUT \
--url https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/macfirmwarepassword/payloaditems/{payload_id} \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"firmware_old_password":"********","firmware_password_type":1,"firmware_new_password":"********"}'Modify Firmware Password payload item
{
"firmware_old_password": "********",
"firmware_password_type": 1,
"firmware_new_password": "********"
}
Unique identifier of the payload item
Firmware password mode. Values: 1=Static Password, 2=Dynamic Password, 3=Turn Off firmware Password
Managed password ID of the firmware/recovery lock password that was set
Firmware Password payload item successfully modified
{
"payload_id": 9007199254741000,
"firmware_old_password": "********",
"firmware_password_type": 1,
"firmware_new_password": "********"
}
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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 60 | Lock period: 5 minutes
Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.
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