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6 tpm2_clockrateadjust(1) - Sets the clock rate period on the TPM.
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9 tpm2_clockrateadjust [OPTIONS] ADJUSTER
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12 tpm2_clockrateadjust(1) - Adjusts the rate at which clock and time are
13 updated on the TPM so one can better match real time. With no argu‐
14 ment, the command is invoked but the clock rate is not altered. With
15 an argument, the tool will adjust the clock and time period. The com‐
16 mand can either increase or decrease the clock period via 3 distinct
17 granularities: course, medium and fine. To specify this, the argument
18 can be a string of 1 to 3 characters of all 's' or 'f'.
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20 Valid Adjuster Arguments
21 · s - slows down the clock period one fine increment.
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23 · ss - slows down the clock period one medium increment.
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25 · sss - slows down the clock period one course increment.
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27 · f - speeds up the clock period one fine increment.
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29 · ff - speeds up the clock period one medium increment.
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31 · fff - speeds up the clock period one course increment.
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34 · -c, --hierarchy=OBJECT:
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36 The hierarchy to use for authorization, either platform or owner.
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41 Specifies the authorization value for the hierarchy specified by op‐
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44 References
46 The type of a context object, whether it is a handle or file name, is
47 determined according to the following logic in-order:
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49 · If the argument is a file path, then the file is loaded as a restored
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60 · lockout: the lockout control persistent object
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62 · If the argument argument can be loaded as a number it will be treat
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66 Authorization for use of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different
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69 NOTE: "Authorizations default to the EMPTY PASSWORD when not speci‐
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73 Passwords are interpreted in the following forms below using prefix
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76 Note: By default passwords are assumed to be in the string form when
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80 A string password, specified by prefix "str:" or it's absence (raw
81 string without prefix) is not interpreted, and is directly used for au‐
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89 A hex-string password, specified by prefix "hex:" is converted from a
90 hexidecimal form into a byte array form, thus allowing passwords with
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97 A file based password, specified be prefix "file:" should be the path
98 of a file containing the password to be read by the tool or a "-" to
99 use stdin. Storing passwords in files prevents information leakage,
100 passwords passed as options can be read from the process list or common
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110 # to echo a password via stdin:
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118 When using a policy session to authorize the use of an object, prefix
119 the option argument with the session keyword. Then indicate a path to
120 a session file that was created with tpm2_startauthsession(1). Option‐
121 ally, if the session requires an auth value to be sent with the session
122 handle (eg policy password), then append a + and a string as described
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130 To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the authvalue
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141 You can satisfy a PCR policy using the "pcr:" prefix and the PCR mini‐
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161 This collection of options are common to many programs and provide in‐
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164 · -h, --help=[man|no-man]: Display the tools manpage. By default, it
165 attempts to invoke the manpager for the tool, however, on failure
166 will output a short tool summary. This is the same behavior if the
167 "man" option argument is specified, however if explicit "man" is re‐
168 quested, the tool will provide errors from man on stderr. If the
169 "no-man" option if specified, or the manpager fails, the short op‐
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172 To successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be
173 installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.
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175 · -v, --version: Display version information for this tool, supported
176 tctis and exit.
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178 · -V, --verbose: Increase the information that the tool prints to the
179 console during its execution. When using this option the file and
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182 · -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.
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184 · -Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups. Useful
185 if an errata fixup needs to be applied to commands sent to the TPM.
186 Defining the environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent. in‐
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190 The TCTI or "Transmission Interface" is the communication mechanism
191 with the TPM. TCTIs can be changed for communication with TPMs across
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205 · tabrmd - The resource manager, called tabrmd
206 (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd). Note that tabrmd and
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214 · none - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM. Some tools allow
215 for off-tpm options and thus support not using a TCTI. Tools that do
216 not support it will error when attempted to be used without a TCTI
217 connection. Does not support ANY options and MUST BE presented as
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220 The arguments to either the command line option or the environment
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230 When a TCTI is not specified, the default TCTI is searched for using
231 dlopen(3) semantics. The tools will search for tabrmd, device and
232 mssim TCTIs IN THAT ORDER and USE THE FIRST ONE FOUND. You can query
233 what TCTI will be chosen as the default by using the -v option to print
234 the version information. The "default-tcti" key-value pair will indi‐
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238 Any TCTI that implements the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded. The
239 tools internally use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for
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247 · device: For the device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by
248 the device TCTI can be specified. The default is /dev/tpm0.
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253 · mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or IP address and port
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260 · abrmd: For the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a se‐
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287 Slow the clock one medium increment using the owner password.
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311 Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)
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