tpm_setenable(8)

💖 tpm_setenable — TPM Management, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this one is tpm_setenable(8) from the TPM Management fam, and it's literally just the girl who flips your TPM's enable switch on and off. she's persistent, she's dramatic, and she will absolutely ask you for the owner password. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

tpm_setenable — change TPM enable states 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

tpm_setenable [OPTION]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So tpm_setenable reports the status of the TPM's flags regarding the enable state of the TPM. That's the default behavior, and you can also get to it through the --status option. Requesting a report of this status prompts for the owner password. 🫶

The --enable option changes the system's TPM to the enabled state (via the TPM_OwnerSetDisable API). This operation prompts for the owner password and is persistent. The --disable option (via the TPM_OwnerSetDisable API) changes the system's TPM to the disabled state. This operation prompts for the owner password and is persistent. A disabled TPM is essentially off and does not allow a tpm_takeownership to occur. 💀

The --force option overrides the owner password prompt and relies on physical presence for the operation authorization (via the TPM_PhysicalEnable and TPM_PhysicalDisable APIs). The --enable, --disable, and --status options are mutually exclusive and the last one on the command line will be carried out. periodt. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help — Display command usage info. the "wait what does this do again" button 🙈
• -v, --version — Display command version info. she's giving receipts 📜
• -l, --log [none|error|info|debug] — Set logging level. pick your vibe: none, error, info, or debug 🦋
• -u, --unicode — Use TSS UNICODE encoding for passwords to comply with applications using TSS popup boxes 🌈
• -s, --status — Report the status of flags regarding the TPM enable states. the default main character behavior ⭐
• -e, --enable — Make the TPM enabled. Operation is persistent and prompts for owner authorization. 🔥
• -d, --disable — Make the TPM disabled. Operation is persistent and prompts for owner authorization. 😭
• -f, --force — Overrides the prompt for owner authorization and uses physical presence to authorize the action. no password, just vibes (and hands on the machine) 💅
• -z, --well-known — Authenticate using 20 bytes of zeros as owner password (the default TSS Well Known Secret), instead of prompting for an owner password. 🎀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

tpm_version(1), tpm_setpresence(8), tpm_takeownership(8), tpm_setactive(8), tcsd(8)

💌 REPORTING BUGS 💌

Report bugs to <trousers-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

bestie if something's broken, tell the list, don't just suffer in silence 🫶

and that's the whole page, no cap. this was TPM Management, dated 2005-05-06, living in section tpm_setenable(8) — iconic, timeless, still asking you for that owner password. bye bestie, go flip some flags 💖✨