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Manual: wpa_passphrase

WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)											   WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)

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   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) wpa_supplicant(8)

LEGAL
       wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2022, Jouni Malinen  and contributors.  All Rights Reserved.

       This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with advertisement clause removed).

						       07 August 2019					   WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)