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1<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
2
3<refentry>
4 <refmeta>
5 <refentrytitle>wpa_passphrase</refentrytitle>
6 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
7 </refmeta>
8 <refnamediv>
9 <refname>wpa_passphrase</refname>
10 <refpurpose>Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID</refpurpose>
11 </refnamediv>
12 <refsynopsisdiv>
13 <cmdsynopsis>
14 <command>wpa_passphrase</command>
15 <arg><replaceable>ssid</replaceable></arg>
16 <arg><replaceable>passphrase</replaceable></arg>
17 </cmdsynopsis>
18 </refsynopsisdiv>
19
20 <refsect1>
6774c6a9 21 <title>Overview</title>
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23 <para><command>wpa_passphrase</command> pre-computes PSK entries for
24 network configuration blocks of a
25 <filename>wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file. An ASCII passphrase
26 and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.</para>
27 </refsect1>
28
29 <refsect1>
30 <title>Options</title>
31 <variablelist>
32 <varlistentry>
33 <term>ssid</term>
34 <listitem>
35 <para>The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.</para>
36 </listitem>
37 </varlistentry>
38
39 <varlistentry>
40 <term>passphrase</term>
41 <listitem>
42 <para>The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line,
43 passphrase will be read from standard input.</para>
44 </listitem>
45 </varlistentry>
46 </variablelist>
47 </refsect1>
48
49 <refsect1>
50 <title>See Also</title>
51 <para>
52 <citerefentry>
53 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle>
54 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
55 </citerefentry>
56 <citerefentry>
57 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant</refentrytitle>
58 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
59 </citerefentry>
60 </para>
61
62 </refsect1>
63 <refsect1>
64 <title>Legal</title>
6774c6a9 65 <para>wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2017,
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66 Jouni Malinen <email>j@w1.fi</email> and
67 contributors.
68 All Rights Reserved.</para>
69
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70 <para>This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with
71 advertisement clause removed).</para>
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72 </refsect1>
73</refentry>