MAKECREDENTIAL(1)

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version 1045 · 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

🎀 MAKECREDENTIAL 🎀

okay bestie so this is a page from the User Commands section, manual page MAKECREDENTIAL(1) — yes it's shouting its own name in all caps, iconic behavior, we love that for it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

makecredential — Runs TPM2_MakeCredential 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first thing the page hits you with, no warning, no chill:

  • --version-string=v1045 is not a valid option 💀

like. ma'am. that's literally the opening line. it's giving "we're starting with the rejection".

then, and I need you to stay with me here:

makecredential

Runs TPM2_MakeCredential ✨

and then the actual flags, babes:

  • -ha — handle of encryption key public area 🔑
  • -icred — input credential file name 📥
  • -in — object name file name 📄
    • [-ocred — output credential file name (default do not save)] 💾
    • [-os — secret file name (default do not save)] 🤫
  • -se[0-2] — session handle (default NULL)
    • 01 continue
    • 20 command decrypt
    • 40 response encrypt

and then — and this is the part where I need you to sit down — it says:

  • --version is not a valid option 💀

so now we're at two rejected options. the page said "not on my watch".

and THEN, bestie, the whole entire block does a little encore. same words. same everything. the page literally wrote it out twice, no explanation, no apology, just ✨the sequel✨:

makecredential

Runs TPM2_MakeCredential 🔥

  • -ha — handle of encryption key public area 🔑
  • -icred — input credential file name 📥
  • -in — object name file name 📄
    • [-ocred — output credential file name (default do not save)] 💾
    • [-os — secret file name (default do not save)] 🤫
  • -se[0-2] — session handle (default NULL)
    • 01 continue
    • 20 command decrypt
    • 40 response encrypt
no cap, that duplication is straight from the source. I'm not cleaning it up, I'm not merging it, I'm not "fixing" a single character — you get the whole thing, twice, exactly as it lives in the wild. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The full documentation for makecredential is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and makecredential programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info makecredential

should give you access to the complete manual. 📖✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — it's dated July 2017, it's called makecredential, and it lives in MAKECREDENTIAL(1) from the User Commands corner of the manual. slay, go run it, and remember: --version is still not a valid option 💅💖

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