NAME
wpa_passphrase —
Set WPA passphrase for
a SSID
SYNOPSIS
wpa_passphrase |
ssid passphrase |
DESCRIPTION
The
wpa_passphrase utility pre-computes PSK entries for
network configuration blocks of a
wpa_supplicant.conf(5)
file. It prints a single network configuration block to standard output.
The following arguments must be specified on the command line:
-
-
- ssid
- The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.
-
-
- passphrase
- The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line,
passphrase will be read from standard input. The passphrase must be 8 to
63 characters in length.
SEE ALSO
wpa_supplicant.conf(5),
ifconfig(8),
wpa_cli(8),
wpa_supplicant(8)
HISTORY
The
wpa_passphrase utility first appeared in
NetBSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
The
wpa_passphrase utility was written by
Jouni Malinen
<
jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>.
This manual page is derived from the
wpa_passphrase.sgml
file included in the
wpa_supplicant(8)
distribution.