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@lists.sourceforge.net>