1tpm2_setclock(1)            General Commands Manual           tpm2_setclock(1)
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NAME

6       tpm2_setclock(1) - Sets the time on the TPM.
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SYNOPSIS

9       tpm2_setclock [OPTIONS] TIME
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DESCRIPTION

12       tpm2_setclock(1)  -  Sets the clock on the TPM to a time in the future.
13       The sole argument is the clock time as a number to set.
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OPTIONS

16-c, --hierarchy=OBJECT:
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18         The hierarchy to use for authorization,  either  platform  or  owner.
19         Defaults to the owner hierarchy if not specified.
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21-p, --auth=AUTH:
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23         Specifies  the authorization value for the hierarchy specified by op‐
24         tion -c.
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26--cphash=FILE
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28         File path to record the hash of the command parameters.  This is com‐
29         monly termed as cpHash.  NOTE: When this option is selected, The tool
30         will not actually execute the command, it simply returns a cpHash.
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Context Object Format

34       The type of a context object, whether it is a handle or file  name,  is
35       determined according to the following logic in-order:
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37       • If the argument is a file path, then the file is loaded as a restored
38         TPM transient object.
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40       • If the argument is a prefix match on one of:
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42         • owner: the owner hierarchy
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44         • platform: the platform hierarchy
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46         • endorsement: the endorsement hierarchy
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48         • lockout: the lockout control persistent object
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50       • If the argument argument can be loaded as a number it will  be  treat
51         as a handle, e.g. 0x81010013 and used directly._OBJECT_.
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Authorization Formatting

54       Authorization  for  use  of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different
55       forms: 1.  Password 2.  HMAC 3.  Sessions
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57       NOTE: “Authorizations default to the EMPTY  PASSWORD  when  not  speci‐
58       fied”.
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60   Passwords
61       Passwords  are  interpreted  in  the following forms below using prefix
62       identifiers.
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64       Note: By default passwords are assumed to be in the  string  form  when
65       they do not have a prefix.
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67   String
68       A  string  password,  specified  by  prefix “str:” or it’s absence (raw
69       string without prefix) is not interpreted, and is directly used for au‐
70       thorization.
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72   Examples
73              foobar
74              str:foobar
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76   Hex-string
77       A  hex-string  password, specified by prefix “hex:” is converted from a
78       hexidecimal form into a byte array form, thus allowing  passwords  with
79       non-printable and/or terminal un-friendly characters.
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81   Example
82              hex:1122334455667788
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84   File
85       A  file  based password, specified be prefix “file:” should be the path
86       of a file containing the password to be read by the tool or  a  “-”  to
87       use  stdin.   Storing  passwords in files prevents information leakage,
88       passwords passed as options can be read from the process list or common
89       shell history features.
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91   Examples
92              # to use stdin and be prompted
93              file:-
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95              # to use a file from a path
96              file:path/to/password/file
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98              # to echo a password via stdin:
99              echo foobar | tpm2_tool -p file:-
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101              # to use a bash here-string via stdin:
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103              tpm2_tool -p file:- <<< foobar
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105   Sessions
106       When  using  a policy session to authorize the use of an object, prefix
107       the option argument with the session keyword.  Then indicate a path  to
108       a session file that was created with tpm2_startauthsession(1).  Option‐
109       ally, if the session requires an auth value to be sent with the session
110       handle  (eg policy password), then append a + and a string as described
111       in the Passwords section.
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113   Examples
114       To use a session context file called session.ctx.
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116              session:session.ctx
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118       To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the authvalue
119       mypassword.
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121              session:session.ctx+mypassword
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123       To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the HEX auth‐
124       value 0x11223344.
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126              session:session.ctx+hex:11223344
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128   PCR Authorizations
129       You can satisfy a PCR policy using the “pcr:” prefix and the PCR  mini‐
130       language.       The     PCR     minilanguage     is     as     follows:
131       <pcr-spec>=<raw-pcr-file>
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133       The PCR spec is documented in in the section “PCR bank specifiers”.
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135       The raw-pcr-file is an optional argument that contains  the  output  of
136       the raw PCR contents as returned by tpm2_pcrread(1).
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138       PCR bank specifiers (pcr.md)
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140   Examples
141       To satisfy a PCR policy of sha256 on banks 0, 1, 2 and 3 use a specifi‐
142       er of:
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144              pcr:sha256:0,1,2,3
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146       specifying AUTH.
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COMMON OPTIONS

149       This collection of options are common to many programs and provide  in‐
150       formation that many users may expect.
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152-h,  --help=[man|no-man]:  Display the tools manpage.  By default, it
153         attempts to invoke the manpager for the  tool,  however,  on  failure
154         will  output  a short tool summary.  This is the same behavior if the
155         “man” option argument is specified, however if explicit “man” is  re‐
156         quested,  the  tool  will  provide errors from man on stderr.  If the
157         “no-man” option if specified, or the manpager fails,  the  short  op‐
158         tions will be output to stdout.
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160         To  successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be
161         installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.
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163-v, --version: Display version information for this  tool,  supported
164         tctis and exit.
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166-V,  --verbose:  Increase the information that the tool prints to the
167         console during its execution.  When using this option  the  file  and
168         line number are printed.
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170-Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.
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172-Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups.  Useful
173         if an errata fixup needs to be applied to commands sent to  the  TPM.
174         Defining  the environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent.  in‐
175         formation many users may expect.
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TCTI Configuration

178       The TCTI or “Transmission Interface”  is  the  communication  mechanism
179       with  the TPM.  TCTIs can be changed for communication with TPMs across
180       different mediums.
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182       To control the TCTI, the tools respect:
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184       1. The command line option -T or --tcti
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186       2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.
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188       Note: The command line option always overrides  the  environment  vari‐
189       able.
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191       The current known TCTIs are:
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193       • tabrmd      -     The     resource     manager,     called     tabrmd
194         (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd).  Note that tabrmd  and
195         abrmd as a tcti name are synonymous.
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197       • mssim  - Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simula‐
198         tor.
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200       • device - Used when talking directly to a TPM device file.
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202       • none - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM.  Some tools  allow
203         for off-tpm options and thus support not using a TCTI.  Tools that do
204         not support it will error when attempted to be used  without  a  TCTI
205         connection.   Does  not  support ANY options and MUST BE presented as
206         the exact text of “none”.
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208       The arguments to either the command  line  option  or  the  environment
209       variable are in the form:
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211       <tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>
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213       Specifying  an  empty  string  for  either the <tcti-name> or <tcti-op‐
214       tion-config> results in the default being used for that portion respec‐
215       tively.
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217   TCTI Defaults
218       When  a  TCTI  is not specified, the default TCTI is searched for using
219       dlopen(3) semantics.  The tools will  search  for  tabrmd,  device  and
220       mssim  TCTIs  IN THAT ORDER and USE THE FIRST ONE FOUND.  You can query
221       what TCTI will be chosen as the default by using the -v option to print
222       the  version information.  The “default-tcti” key-value pair will indi‐
223       cate which of the aforementioned TCTIs is the default.
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225   Custom TCTIs
226       Any TCTI that implements the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded.  The
227       tools internally use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for
228       the lookup.  Thus, this could be a path to the shared library, or a li‐
229       brary name as understood by dlopen(3) semantics.
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TCTI OPTIONS

232       This collection of options are used to configure the various known TCTI
233       modules available:
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235device: For the device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by
236         the device TCTI can be specified.  The default is /dev/tpm0.
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238         Example:    -T   device:/dev/tpm0   or   export   TPM2TOOLS_TCTI=“de‐
239         vice:/dev/tpm0”
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241mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or  IP  address  and  port
242         number  used  by  the  simulator  can  be specified.  The default are
243         127.0.0.1 and 2321.
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245         Example: -T mssim:host=localhost,port=2321  or  export  TPM2TOOLS_TC‐
246         TI=“mssim:host=localhost,port=2321”
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248abrmd:  For  the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a se‐
249         ries of simple key value pairs separated by a  `,'  character.   Each
250         key and value string are separated by a `=' character.
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252         • TCTI abrmd supports two keys:
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254           1. `bus_name'  :  The  name  of  the  tabrmd  service on the bus (a
255              string).
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257           2. `bus_type' : The type of the dbus instance (a string) limited to
258              `session' and `system'.
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260         Specify  the tabrmd tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.ex‐
261         ample.FooBar:
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263                \--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar
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265         Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a config string of bus_type=ses‐
266         sion:
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268                \--tcti:bus_type=session
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270         NOTE:  abrmd  and tabrmd are synonymous.  the various known TCTI mod‐
271         ules.
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EXAMPLES

274   Set the clock
275       Set the clock using the owner password.
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277              tpm2_setclock -p ownerpw 13673142
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Returns

280       Tools can return any of the following codes:
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282       • 0 - Success.
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284       • 1 - General non-specific error.
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286       • 2 - Options handling error.
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288       • 3 - Authentication error.
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290       • 4 - TCTI related error.
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292       • 5 - Non supported scheme.  Applicable to tpm2_testparams.
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BUGS

295       Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)
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HELP

298       See the Mailing List (https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listin
299       fo/tpm2)
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