tpm_takeownership (8) Linux Manual Page

TPM Management – tpm_takeownership

Name

tpm_takeownership – setup an owner on the TPM

Synopsis

tpm_takeownership [OPTION]

Description

tpm_takeownership setup an owner on the system’s TPM (via the TPM_TakeOwnership API). This operation requires the TPM to be enabled and can be restricted by tpm_setownable. The command will prompt for owner and SRK passwords and confirmations of these if executed without either of the -well-known options, otherwise, a secret of all zeros is set for the requested password. After the second confirmation, be patient as the command may take awhile.

-h, –help

Display command usage info.

-v, –version

Display command version info.

-l, –log [none|error|info|debug]

Set logging level.

-u, –unicode

Use TSS UNICODE encoding for passwords to comply with applications using TSS popup boxes

-y, –owner-well-known

Set a secret of all zeros (20 bytes of zeros) as the owner’s secret.

-z, –srk-well-known

Set a secret of all zeros (20 bytes of zeros) as the SRK secret.

See Also

tpm_version(1), tpm_setownable(8), tpm_setenable(8), tcsd(8)

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <trousers-users [at] lists.sourceforge.net>