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.

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.

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.