wpa_passphrase(8) [redhat man page]

WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)														 WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)

NAME
       wpa_passphrase - Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID

SYNOPSIS
       wpa_passphrase [ ssid ] [ passphrase ]

OVERVIEW
       wpa_passphrase  pre-computes  PSK  entries for network configuration blocks of a wpa_supplicant.conf file. An ASCII passphrase and SSID are
       used to generate a 256-bit PSK.

OPTIONS
       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.

SEE ALSO
       wpa_supplicant.conf(5) wpa_supplicant(8)

LEGAL
       wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2007, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors.  All Rights Reserved.

       This program is dual-licensed under both the GPL version 2 and BSD license. Either license may be used at your option.

								 07 November 2012						 WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)

WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)					    BSD 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 <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>.  This manual page is derived from the wpa_passphrase.sgml file
     included in the wpa_supplicant(8) distribution.

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