| WPA_PASSPHRASE(8) | 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.
 
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.