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
NetBSD4.0.
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.