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      1 =head1 NAME
      2 
      3 tpm_nvrelease
      4 
      5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
      6 
      7 B<tpm_nvrelease [OPTIONS]>
      8 
      9 =head1 DESCRIPTION
     10 
     11 B<tpm_nvrelease> releases an NVRAM area. The user must provide the index
     12 of the NVRAM area. If owner authentication is required then the user must
     13 provide the owner password.
     14 
     15 Note that some areas cannot be released since they are permanent. Others
     16 can be release only after a reboot of the system.
     17 
     18 The following options are supported:
     19 
     20 =over 4
     21 
     22 =item B<-h, --help>
     23 
     24 Display command usage info.
     25 
     26 =item B<-v, --version>
     27 
     28 Display command version info.
     29 
     30 =item B<-l, --log [none|error|info|debug]>
     31 
     32 Set logging level.
     33 
     34 =item B<-u, --unicode>
     35 
     36 Use TSS UNICODE encoding for passwords to comply with applications
     37 using TSS popup boxes
     38 
     39 =item B<-y, --owner-well-known>
     40 
     41 Use a secret of all zeros (20 bytes of zeros) as the owner's secret.
     42 
     43 =item B<-o, --pwdo>
     44 
     45 The owner password.
     46 
     47 A password may be directly provided for example by using '--pwdo=password' or
     48 '-opassword'. If no password is provided with this option then the program will
     49 prompt the user for the password.
     50 
     51 
     52 =item B<-i, --index>
     53 
     54 The index of the NVRAM area that is to be released.
     55 The parameter may either be a decimal number or a hexadecimal number starting with '0x'.
     56 
     57 =back
     58 
     59 =head1 SEE ALSO
     60 
     61 B<tpm_nvdefine>(8), B<tpm_nvinfo>(8), B<tpm_nvread>(8), B<tpm_nvwrite>(8)
     62 
     63 =head1 REPORTING BUGS
     64 
     65 Report bugs to <trousers-users (a] lists.sourceforge.net>
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