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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes | 42 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes index 05820365f1ec..5356ff2ed6c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes @@ -246,9 +246,7 @@ Description: that is being referenced (e.g hdd0, hdd1 etc) This attribute defaults to device 0. - certificate: - signature: - save_signature: + certificate, signature, save_signature: These attributes are used for certificate based authentication. This is used in conjunction with a signing server as an alternative to password based authentication. @@ -257,22 +255,27 @@ Description: The attributes can be displayed to check the stored value. Some usage examples: - Installing a certificate to enable feature: - echo <supervisor password > authentication/Admin/current_password - echo <signed certificate> > authentication/Admin/certificate - Updating the installed certificate: - echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature - echo <signed certificate> > authentication/Admin/certificate + Installing a certificate to enable feature:: - Removing the installed certificate: - echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature - echo '' > authentication/Admin/certificate + echo "supervisor password" > authentication/Admin/current_password + echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate - Changing a BIOS setting: - echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature - echo <save signature> > authentication/Admin/save_signature - echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value + Updating the installed certificate:: + + echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature + echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate + + Removing the installed certificate:: + + echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature + echo "" > authentication/Admin/certificate + + Changing a BIOS setting:: + + echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature + echo "save signature" > authentication/Admin/save_signature + echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value You cannot enable certificate authentication if a supervisor password has not been set. @@ -288,9 +291,10 @@ Description: certificate_to_password: Write only attribute used to switch from certificate based authentication back to password based. - Usage: - echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature - echo <password> > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password + Usage:: + + echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature + echo "password" > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/pending_reboot |