WPA_PASSPHRASE(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)
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
<
[email protected]>. This manual page is derived from the
wpa_passphrase.sgml file included in the wpa_supplicant(8) distribution.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 September 10, 2008 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8