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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-06-27 06:40:43 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-06-27 06:40:43 +0000 |
commit | 6ff738eb1b2f522ff23fc8f006190af135f3f869 (patch) | |
tree | d5b87269ee5c6bc4b279ccd40c5badaf3fc6b108 /usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd | |
parent | 64582f399573df6ad83482e88df55d66b94b8fdb (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-6ff738eb1b2f522ff23fc8f006190af135f3f869.zip FreeBSD-src-6ff738eb1b2f522ff23fc8f006190af135f3f869.tar.gz |
Tidy up the markup (fixing some nearby content bugs).
Timeout from: sam
Approved by: re (blanket manpages)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.8 | 46 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 | 15 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.8 b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.8 index 73d3781..5483311 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.8 @@ -32,56 +32,65 @@ .Nd "authenticator for IEEE 802.11 networks" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl BddhKtv +.Op Fl BdhKtv .Ar config-file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Nm +utility is an authenticator for IEEE 802.11 networks. It provides full support for WPA/IEEE 802.11i and can also act as an IEEE 802.1X Authenticator with a suitable -backend Authentication Server (typically FreeRADIUS). +backend Authentication Server (typically +.Tn FreeRADIUS ) . +The .Nm +utility implements the authentication protocols that piggyback on top of the normal IEEE 802.11 protocol mechanisms. To use .Nm -as an authenticator the underlying device must support some +as an authenticator, the underlying device must support some basic functionality such as the ability to set security information in the 802.11 management frames. Beware that not all devices have this support. .Pp +The .Nm -is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the +utility +is designed to be a +.Dq daemon +program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless connection. -.Nm -supports separate frontend programs such as the +It supports separate frontend programs such as the text-based frontend, -.Xr hostapd_cli 8 +.Xr hostapd_cli 8 . .Pp The following arguments must be specified on the command line: .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Fl c Ar config-file +.It Ar config-file Use the settings in the specified configuration file; the name of the specified wireless interface is contained in this file. -See +See .Xr hostapd.conf 5 for a description of the configuration file syntax. .Pp -Changes to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a -.Nm SIGHUP +Changes to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a +.Dv SIGHUP to the .Nm processor or with the -.Xr hostapd_cli -utility, using ``hostapd_cli reconfigure''. +.Xr hostapd_cli 8 +utility, using +.Dq Li "hostapd_cli reconfigure" . .El .Sh OPTIONS The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl d Enable debugging messages. -If this option is supplied twice more verbose messages are displayed. +If this option is supplied twice, more verbose messages are displayed. .It Fl h Show help text. .It Fl t @@ -96,13 +105,13 @@ Include key information in debugging output. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ath 4 , -.Xr iwi 4 , .Xr ipw 4 , +.Xr iwi 4 , .Xr ral 4 , .Xr ural 4 , .Xr wi 4 , -.Xr hostapd_cli 8 , .Xr hostapd.conf 5 , +.Xr hostapd_cli 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The @@ -114,7 +123,8 @@ The .Nm utility was written by .An Jouni Malinen Aq jkmaline@cc.hut.fi . -This manual page is derived from the README file included in the +This manual page is derived from the +.Pa README +file included in the .Nm distribution. -.Sh BUGS diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 index c08bdc1..4631ead 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 @@ -29,22 +29,27 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm hostapd.conf -.Nd "configuration file for hostapd utility" +.Nd configuration file for +.Xr hostapd 8 +utility .Sh DESCRIPTION This is a placeholder for a real manual page. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr hostapd 8 , -.Xr hostapd_cli 8 . +.Xr hostapd_cli 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm manual page and -.Nm hostapd +.Xr hostapd 8 functionality first appeared in .Fx 6.0 . .Sh AUTHORS -This manual page is derived from the README and hostapd.conf +This manual page is derived from the +.Pa README +and +.Pa hostapd.conf files in the .Nm hostapd distribution provided by -.An Jouni Malinen Aq jkmaline@cc.hut.fi . +.An Jouni Malinen Aq jkmaline@cc.hut.fi . |