Password protected EFI and Single User Mode

Hello Community,
if I protect the EFI with a password than the single user mode is disabled. But I thought that I can enter the single user mode by entering the EFI password but no password prompt appears. Only the possibility to change the startup volume is accessible by a password prompt. Do I miss a possibility or is the only way to enter the single user mode by bypassing or disable the password by using the firmware password utility on the installation disk without violence?
BTW: I know the act of violence by changing the RAM configuration but this isn't the way I want to describe in the system documentation
Thx in advance & Bye Tom
Message was edited by: prontosystems

Try holding the Option key while booting. It should ask for the password, then allow any boot options after you select the drive. If you boot from the install DVD (using the Option key and password), you can use the "Utilities" menu to disable the password, after choosing your language.

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