September 10, 2008 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 NetBSD4.0.

### 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.