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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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22 | |
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> |