---
name: "bpftool-token"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bpf"
version: "7.3.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bpftool-token"
---

# bpftool-token(8)

tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF tokens

## Name

bpftool-token - tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF tokens

## SYNOPSIS

**bpftool** \[*OPTIONS*\] **token** *COMMAND*

*OPTIONS* := { { **-j** \| **--json** } \[{ **-p** \| **--pretty** }\] \| { **-d** \| **--debug** } }

*COMMANDS* := { **show** \| **list** \| **help** }

## TOKEN COMMANDS

```
bpftool token { show | list }
bpftool token help
```

## DESCRIPTION

- **bpftool token { show \| list }**

  List BPF token information for each *bpffs* mount point containing token information on the system. Information include mount point path, allowed **bpf**() system call commands, maps, programs, and attach types for the token.

- **bpftool prog help**

  Print short help message.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Print short help message (similar to **bpftool help**).

- **-V, --version**

  Print bpftool's version number (similar to **bpftool version**), the number of the libbpf version in use, and optional features that were included when bpftool was compiled. Optional features include linking against LLVM or libbfd to provide the disassembler for JIT-ted programs (**bpftool prog** **dump jited**) and usage of BPF skeletons (some features like **bpftool prog** **profile** or showing pids associated to BPF objects may rely on it).

- **-j, --json**

  Generate JSON output. For commands that cannot produce JSON, this option has no effect.

- **-p, --pretty**

  Generate human-readable JSON output. Implies **-j**.

- **-d, --debug**

  Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This includes logs from libbpf as well as from the verifier, when attempting to load programs.

## EXAMPLES

```
# mkdir -p /sys/fs/bpf/token
# mount -t bpf bpffs /sys/fs/bpf/token
-o delegate_cmds=prog_load:map_create
-o delegate_progs=kprobe
-o delegate_attachs=xdp
# bpftool token list
```

```
token_info  /sys/fs/bpf/token
        allowed_cmds:
          map_create          prog_load
        allowed_maps:
        allowed_progs:
          kprobe
        allowed_attachs:
          xdp
```

## SEE ALSO

[**bpf**(2)](/bpf/2.md), [**bpf-helpers**(7)](/bpf-helpers/7.md), [**bpftool**(8)](/bpftool/8.md), [**bpftool-btf**(8)](/bpftool-btf/8.md), [**bpftool-cgroup**(8)](/bpftool-cgroup/8.md), [**bpftool-feature**(8)](/bpftool-feature/8.md), [**bpftool-gen**(8)](/bpftool-gen/8.md), [**bpftool-iter**(8)](/bpftool-iter/8.md), [**bpftool-link**(8)](/bpftool-link/8.md), [**bpftool-map**(8)](/bpftool-map/8.md), [**bpftool-net**(8)](/bpftool-net/8.md), [**bpftool-perf**(8)](/bpftool-perf/8.md), [**bpftool-prog**(8)](/bpftool-prog/8.md), [**bpftool-struct\_ops**(8)](/bpftool-struct_ops/8.md)