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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-27 06:40:43 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-27 06:40:43 +0000
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Tidy up the markup (fixing some nearby content bugs).
Timeout from: sam Approved by: re (blanket manpages)
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.846
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.conf.515
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 .
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