tss2_getrandom(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, this is tss2_getrandom(1) from the General Commands Manual — yes, the TPM random-bytes machine. The NAME line says, literally:

tss2_getrandom(1) - # SYNOPSIS

and the synopsis is:

tss2_getrandom [OPTIONS]

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• fapi-config(5) — use this to adjust Fapi parameters like the used cryptographic profile and TCTI or directories for the Fapi metadata storages.
• fapi-profile(5) — use this to determine the cryptographic algorithms and parameters for all keys and operations of a specific TPM interaction like the name hash algorithm, the asymmetric signature algorithm, scheme and parameters and PCR bank selection.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

tss2_getrandom(1) — this command uses the TPM to create an array of random bytes. that's the whole assignment, bestie. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

These are the available options:

• -n, --numBytes=INTEGER — the number of bytes requested by the caller.
• -f, --force — force overwriting the output file.
• -o, --data=FILENAME or - (for stdout) — the returned random bytes.
• --hex — convert the output data to hex format without a leading “0x”.

🫶 COMMON OPTIONS 🫶

This collection of options are common to all tss2 programs and provide information that many users may expect.

• -h, --help [man|no-man] — display the tool's manpage. By default, it attempts to invoke the manpager for the tool, however, on failure will output a short tool summary. This is the same behavior if the “man” option argument is specified, however if explicit “man” is requested, the tool will provide errors from man on stderr. If the “no-man” option if specified, or the manpager fails, the short options will be output to stdout.

To successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.

• -v, --version — display version information for this tool, supported tctis and exit.

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

tss2_getrandom --numBytes=20 --data=- | hexdump -C

💀 RETURNS 💀

0 on success or 1 on failure.

🙈 BUGS 🙈

Github Issues

💜 HELP 💜

See the Mailing List

🌈 License 🌈

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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okay bye bestie, this icon is from tpm2-tools, dated APRIL 2019, and it's literally tss2_getrandom(1) — slay forever. 💅✨🎀