tpm_nvrelease(8)

📦 version 1.3.9.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 tpm_nvrelease 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the tpm_nvrelease(8) page — yes it's a section 8 manual, yes that means admin/system tools, and yes you're gonna slay it. this one's all about releasing an NVRAM area 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tpm_nvrelease [OPTIONS]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. tpm_nvrelease releases an NVRAM area. that's the whole vibe. 💅

to do it, you must give it the index of the NVRAM area you're yeeting. and if owner authentication is required for that area, you also gotta hand over the owner password. no password, no release, that's the rules 🫶

⚠️ heads up babes: some areas cannot be released because they're permanent. literally forever. and some others can only be released after a reboot of the system. so if it's not working, maybe that's why — not you, it's the NVRAM 😭

the following options are supported:

  • -h, --help — shows you the command usage info. the classic "what do i even do here" button 🙈
  • -v, --version — shows the command version info. receipts on which build you're running, periodt ✨
  • -l, --log [none|error|info|debug] — sets the logging level. pick your yap level: none, error, info, or debug 👑
  • -u, --unicode — use TSS UNICODE encoding for passwords, so it plays nice with applications that use TSS popup boxes 🎀
  • -y, --owner-well-known — uses a secret of all zeros as the owner's secret — specifically 20 bytes of zeros. the "i did not set a password, i'm just like this" option 💀
  • -o, --pwdo — the owner password. you can hand it over directly, like with --pwdo=password or -opassword. and if you don't give a password with this option, the program will prompt you for it. very demure, very interactive 🍓
  • -i, --index — the index of the NVRAM area that is to be released. this parameter can be either a decimal number or a hexadecimal number starting with 0x. so 0x... girlies, you're covered too 🌈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole NVRAM friend group fr fr 🫶

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? don't suffer in silence bestie, report bugs to <trousers-users@lists.sourceforge.net> 💌

and that's the page!! this iconic lil manual is from the TPM Management collection, dated 2011-07-01 — yeah she's vintage but she still ate, no cap. go release those NVRAM areas, you main character 💖✨👑

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