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diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.1 b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a567b0a --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd/hostapd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 5, 2005 +.Dt HOSTAPD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hostapd +.Nd "authenticator for IEEE 802.11 networks" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl BddhKtv +.Ar config-file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +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). +.Nm +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 +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 +.Nm +is designed to be a "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 +text-based frontend, +.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 +Use the settings in the specified configuration file; the name of +the specified wireless interface is contained in this file. +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 +to the +.Nm +processor or with the +.Xr hostapd_cli +utility, using ``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. +.It Fl h +Show help text. +.It Fl t +Include timestamps in debugging output. +.It Fl v +Display version information on the terminal and exit. +.It Fl B +Detach from the controlling terminal and run as a daemon process +in the background. +.It Fl K +Include key information in debugging output. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ath 4 , +.Xr iwi 4 , +.Xr ipw 4 , +.Xr ral 4 , +.Xr ural 4 , +.Xr wi 4 , +.Xr hostapd_cli 1 , +.Xr hostapd.conf 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Fx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +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 +.Nm +distribution. +.Sh BUGS |