1<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> 2 3<refentry> 4 <refentryinfo> 5 <date>07 August 2019</date> 6 </refentryinfo> 7 8 <refmeta> 9 <refentrytitle>wpa_passphrase</refentrytitle> 10 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 11 </refmeta> 12 <refnamediv> 13 <refname>wpa_passphrase</refname> 14 <refpurpose>Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID</refpurpose> 15 </refnamediv> 16 <refsynopsisdiv> 17 <cmdsynopsis> 18 <command>wpa_passphrase</command> 19 <arg><replaceable>ssid</replaceable></arg> 20 <arg><replaceable>passphrase</replaceable></arg> 21 </cmdsynopsis> 22 </refsynopsisdiv> 23 24 <refsect1> 25 <title>Overview</title> 26 27 <para><command>wpa_passphrase</command> pre-computes PSK entries for 28 network configuration blocks of a 29 <filename>wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file. An ASCII passphrase 30 and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.</para> 31 </refsect1> 32 33 <refsect1> 34 <title>Options</title> 35 <variablelist> 36 <varlistentry> 37 <term>ssid</term> 38 <listitem> 39 <para>The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.</para> 40 </listitem> 41 </varlistentry> 42 43 <varlistentry> 44 <term>passphrase</term> 45 <listitem> 46 <para>The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line, 47 passphrase will be read from standard input.</para> 48 </listitem> 49 </varlistentry> 50 </variablelist> 51 </refsect1> 52 53 <refsect1> 54 <title>See Also</title> 55 <para> 56 <citerefentry> 57 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle> 58 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> 59 </citerefentry> 60 <citerefentry> 61 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant</refentrytitle> 62 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 63 </citerefentry> 64 </para> 65 66 </refsect1> 67 <refsect1> 68 <title>Legal</title> 69 <para>wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2022, 70 Jouni Malinen <email>j@w1.fi</email> and 71 contributors. 72 All Rights Reserved.</para> 73 74 <para>This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with 75 advertisement clause removed).</para> 76 </refsect1> 77</refentry> 78