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authorsam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-17 03:08:59 +0000
committersam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-17 03:08:59 +0000
commit7d99568dcae2ca9bf05fea8ec934b04bd06c6715 (patch)
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parent9e1f35189b68835695794b672a198843d829907c (diff)
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move wpa_cli to section 8 + minor wordsmithing
Approved by: re (blanket wpa)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/wpa')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile2
-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
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