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wpa_passphrase

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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								September 10, 2008							       BSD

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