1tpm_nvrelease(8)                                              tpm_nvrelease(8)
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NAME

6       tpm_nvrelease
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SYNOPSIS

9       tpm_nvrelease [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       tpm_nvrelease releases an NVRAM area. The user must provide the index
13       of the NVRAM area. If owner authentication is required then the user
14       must provide the owner password.
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16       Note that some areas cannot be released since they are permanent.
17       Others can be release only after a reboot of the system.
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19       The following options are supported:
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21       -h, --help
22           Display command usage info.
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24       -v, --version
25           Display command version info.
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27       -l, --log [none|error|info|debug]
28           Set logging level.
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30       -u, --unicode
31           Use TSS UNICODE encoding for passwords to comply with applications
32           using TSS popup boxes
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34       -y, --owner-well-known
35           Use a secret of all zeros (20 bytes of zeros) as the owner's
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38       -o, --pwdo
39           The owner password.
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41           A password may be directly provided for example by using
42           '--pwdo=password' or '-opassword'. If no password is provided with
43           this option then the program will prompt the user for the password.
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45       -i, --index
46           The index of the NVRAM area that is to be released.  The parameter
47           may either be a decimal number or a hexadecimal number starting
48           with '0x'.
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SEE ALSO

51       tpm_nvdefine(8), tpm_nvinfo(8), tpm_nvread(8), tpm_nvwrite(8)
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REPORTING BUGS

54       Report bugs to <trousers-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
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58TPM Management                    2011-07-01                  tpm_nvrelease(8)