1AUTHVAR(1)                BSD General Commands Manual               AUTHVAR(1)
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NAME

4     authvar — handles authenticated variables for pesign
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SYNOPSIS

7     authvar ⟨-a | -c | -s⟩ -N {guid} -n name ⟨-v value | -f file⟩ [-t time]
8             [-d directory] [-S nickname] [-i file] [-e file]
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DESCRIPTION

11     authvar is a command line utility for handling authenticated UEFI vari‐
12     ables.
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OPTIONS

15     -a | --append
16             Append to variable
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18     -c | --clear
19             Clear variable
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21     -s | --set
22             set variable
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24     -N ⟨{guid} | namespace⟩ | --namespace ⟨{guid} | namespace⟩
25             Variable is in namespace or {guid} (default: global)
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27             Use -N help to list namespaces.
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29     -n name | --name name
30             Variable name
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32     -v value | --value value
33             Set or append value to variable
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35     -f file | --valuefile file
36             Read value from file
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38     -t time | --timestamp time
39             Timestamp for the variable (default: now)
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41     -d directory | --certdir directory
42             Specify nss certificate database directory (default:
43             /etc/pki/pesign)
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45     -S nickname | --sign nickname
46             Sign variable with certificate nickname from the NSS database
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48     -i file | --import file
49             Import variable from file
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51     -e file | --export file
52             Export variable to file instead of setting it in firmware
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STANDARDS

55     B. Kaliski, PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax v1.5, Internet
56     Engineering Task Force, RFC 2315, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2315 ,
57     March 1998.
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59     K. Moriarty, M. Nyström, S. Parkinson, A. Rusch, and M. Scott, PKCS #12:
60     Personal Information Exchange Syntax v1.1, Internet Engineering Task
61     Force, RFC 7292, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7292 , July 2014.
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63     PKCS11 Technical Committee, PKCS#11: Cryptographic Token Interface
64     Standard, OASIS, https://www.cryptsoft.com/pkcs11doc/ .
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66     UEFI Specification Working Group, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
67     (UEFI) Specification Version 2.8, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
68     Forum, https://uefi.org/specifications , March 2019.
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SEE ALSO

71     pesign(1), certutil(1)
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AUTHORS

74     Peter Jones
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