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AUTHVAR(1) General Commands Manual AUTHVAR(1)

NAME

authvar - handles authenticated variables for pesign

SYNOPSIS

authvar [-?] [-a|--append] [-d|--certdir=<certificate directory path>]
[-c|--clear] [-s|--set] [-N|--namespace={<namespace>|<guid>}]
[-n|--name=<name>] [-t|--timestamp=<time>] [-v|--value=<value>]
[-f|--valuefile=<file>] [-i|--import=<file>] [-e|--export=<file>]
[-S|--sign=<nickname>] [-?|--help] [--usage]

DESCRIPTION

authvar is a command line utility for handling authenticated UEFI variables.

OPTIONS

append to variable

specify nss certificate database directory (default: "/etc/pki/pesign")

clear variable

set variable

specified variable is in <namespace> or <guid> (default: "global")

variable name

timestamp for the variable

value to set or append

read value from <file>

import variable from <file>

export variable to <file> instead of firmware

sign variable with certificate <nickname>

Help options:

-?, --help
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Display brief usage message

SEE ALSO

pesign(1)

June 2015