WPA_PASSPHRASE
Section: (8)
Updated: 12 January 2010
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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
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The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.
- passphrase
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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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- OVERVIEW
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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- LEGAL
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