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Improve the swtpm_setup --tpm option documentation that did not mention
that the socket option must be passed along when swtpm is being used.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
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stefanberger committed Dec 10, 2024
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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions man/man8/swtpm_setup.pod
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Expand Up @@ -37,10 +37,18 @@ will be used.
Path where the TPM's state will be written to; this is a mandatory argument.
Prefix with dir:// to use directory backend, or file:// to use linear file.

=item B<--tpm <path to executable>>
=item B<--tpm "path-to-executable socket">

Path to the TPM executable; this is an optional argument and
by default the swtpm executable found in the PATH will be used.
Path to the TPM executable; this is an optional argument and by default the
swtpm executable found in the PATH will be used. To use 'swtpm' with this
parameter it is necessary to pass along the 'socket' parameter. To emulate
the default behavior this option could be used as follows:

=over 2

--tpm "$(type -P swtpm) socket"

=back

=item B<--tpm2>

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/swtpm_setup/swtpm_setup.c
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Expand Up @@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static void usage(const char *prgname, const char *default_config_file)
"\n"
"--tpmstate <dir> : This is an alias for --tpm-state <dir>.\n"
"\n"
"--tpm <executable>\n"
"--tpm '<path-to-executable> socket'\n"
" : Path to the TPM executable; this is an optional argument and\n"
" by default 'swtpm' in the PATH is used.\n"
"\n"
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