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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-06-17 03:08:59 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-06-17 03:08:59 +0000 |
commit | 7d99568dcae2ca9bf05fea8ec934b04bd06c6715 (patch) | |
tree | 59f01cb4c55229b6a35bb30aace04dca65bd6053 | |
parent | 9e1f35189b68835695794b672a198843d829907c (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-7d99568dcae2ca9bf05fea8ec934b04bd06c6715.zip FreeBSD-src-7d99568dcae2ca9bf05fea8ec934b04bd06c6715.tar.gz |
move wpa_cli to section 8 + minor wordsmithing
Approved by: re (blanket wpa)
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.8 (renamed from usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.1) | 48 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile index 927a30e..91b9511 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile @@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_DISTDIR?= ${.CURDIR}/../../../contrib/wpa_supplicant PROG= wpa_cli SRCS= wpa_cli.c wpa_ctrl.c +MAN= wpa_cli.8 + .include <bsd.prog.mk> diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.1 b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.8 index b28f5b7..4d72a90 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.8 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 3, 2005 -.Dt WPA_CLI 1 +.Dd June 16, 2005 +.Dt WPA_CLI 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wpa_cli @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a text-based frontend program for interacting with -.Xr wpa_supplicant 1. +.Xr wpa_supplicant 1 . .Nm is used to query current status, change configuration, @@ -52,26 +52,20 @@ mode, dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc. In addition, .Nm can configure EAPOL state machine -parameters and trigger events like reassociation +parameters and trigger events such as reassociation and IEEE 802.1X logoff/logon. +.Pp .Nm -provides a user interface to request authentication information, -like username and password, if these are not included in the -configuration. -This can be used to implement, -e.g., one-time-passwords or generic token card +provides an interface to supply authentication information +such as username and password when it is not provided in +.Nm wpa_supplicant's +configuration file. +This can be used, for example, to implement +one-time-passwords or generic token card authentication where the authentication is based on a challenge-response that uses an external device for generating the response. .Pp -The control interface of -.Nm wpa_supplicant -can be configured to allow -non-root user access (ctrl_interface_group in the configuration file). -This makes it possible to run -.Nm -with a normal user account. -.Pp .Nm supports two modes: interactive and command line. Both modes share the same command set and the main difference @@ -87,6 +81,18 @@ response to the prompt. In command line mode, the same commands are entered as command line arguments. +.Pp +The control interface of +.Nm wpa_supplicant +can be configured to allow +non-root user access by using the +ctrl_interface_group parameter +in the +.Nm wpa_supplicant +configuration file. +This makes it possible to run +.Nm +with a normal user account. .Sh AUTHENTICATION PARAMETERS .Pp When @@ -97,13 +103,13 @@ request message to all attached frontend programs, e.g., .Nm in interactive mode. .Nm -shows these requests with +shows these requests with a "CTRL-REQ-<type>-<id>:<text>" prefix. <type> is IDENTITY, PASSWORD, or OTP (one-time-password). <id> is a unique identifier for the current network. <text> is description of the request. -In case of OTP request, it includes the challenge from -the authentication server. +In the case of a OTP (One Time Password) request, +it includes the challenge from the authentication server. .Pp A user must supply .Nm wpa_supplicant @@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ Exit .Nm . .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr wpa_supplicant 1 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 , .Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 .Sh HISTORY The |