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tpm_nvrelease(8)						tpm_nvrelease(8)

NAME
     tpm_nvrelease

SYNOPSIS
     tpm_nvrelease [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     tpm_nvrelease  releases  an  NVRAM area. The user must provide the index of
     the NVRAM area. If owner authentication is required then the user must pro-
     vide the owner password.

     Note that some areas cannot be released since they  are  permanent.  Others
     can be release only after a reboot of the system.

     The following options are supported:

     -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 us-
	 ing TSS popup boxes

     -y, --owner-well-known
	 Use a secret of all zeros (20 bytes of zeros) as the owner's secret.

     -o, --pwdo
	 The owner password.

	 A password may be directly provided for example by using  '--pwdo=pass-
	 word' or '-opassword'. If no password is provided with this option then
	 the program will prompt the user for the password.

     -i, --index
	 The  index of the NVRAM area that is to be released.  The parameter may
	 either be a decimal number or a hexadecimal number starting with '0x'.

SEE ALSO
     tpm_nvdefine(8), tpm_nvinfo(8), tpm_nvread(8), tpm_nvwrite(8)

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

TPM Management			   2011-07-01			tpm_nvrelease(8)

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