AUTHVAR(1)                  General Commands Manual                 AUTHVAR(1)

NAME
     authvar - handles authenticated variables for pesign

SYNOPSIS
     authvar <-a | -c | -s> -N {guid} -n name <-v value | -f file> [-t time]
             [-d directory] [-S nickname] [-i file] [-e file]

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

OPTIONS
     -a | --append
             Append to variable

     -c | --clear
             Clear variable

     -s | --set
             set variable

     -N <{guid} | namespace> | --namespace <{guid} | namespace>
             Variable is in namespace or {guid} (default: global)

             Use -N help to list namespaces.

     -n name | --name name
             Variable name

     -v value | --value value
             Set or append value to variable

     -f file | --valuefile file
             Read value from file

     -t time | --timestamp time
             Timestamp for the variable (default: now)

     -d directory | --certdir directory
             Specify nss certificate database directory (default:
             /etc/pki/pesign)

     -S nickname | --sign nickname
             Sign variable with certificate nickname from the NSS database

     -i file | --import file
             Import variable from file

     -e file | --export file
             Export variable to file instead of setting it in firmware

STANDARDS
     B. Kaliski, PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax v1.5, Internet
     Engineering Task Force, RFC 2315, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2315 ,
     March 1998.

     K. Moriarty, M. Nystrom, S. Parkinson, A. Rusch, and M. Scott, PKCS #12:
     Personal Information Exchange Syntax v1.1, Internet Engineering Task
     Force, RFC 7292, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7292 , July 2014.

     PKCS11 Technical Committee, PKCS#11: Cryptographic Token Interface
     Standard, OASIS, https://www.cryptsoft.com/pkcs11doc/ .

     UEFI Specification Working Group, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
     (UEFI) Specification Version 2.8, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
     Forum, https://uefi.org/specifications , March 2019.

SEE ALSO
     pesign(1), certutil(1)

AUTHORS
     Peter Jones

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