NAME
wpa_passphrase —
Set WPA passphrase for a
SSID
SYNOPSIS
wpa_passphrase |
ssid passphrase |
DESCRIPTION
Thewpa_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.