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diff --git a/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.1 b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70db4d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.1 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.\" 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 3, 2005 +.Dt WPA_SUPPLICANT 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm wpa_supplicant +.Nd "WPA/802.11i Supplicant for wireless network devices" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl BddehLqqvw +.Fl i Ar ifname +.Fl c Ar config-file +.Op Fl N i Ar ifname Fl c Ar config-file .... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is an implementation of the WPA Supplicant component, +i.e., the part that runs in the client stations. +It implements WPA key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator +and EAP authentication with Authentication Server. +In addition, it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 +authentication/association of the wlan driver. +.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 wpa_cli 8 +.Pp +The following arguments must be specified on the command line: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl i Ar ifname +Use the specified wireless interface. +.It Fl c Ar config-file +Use the settings in the specified configuration file when managing +the specified wireless interface. +See +.Xr wpa_supplicant.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 wpa_cli +utility, using ``wpa_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 e +Use an external IEEE 802.1X Supplicant program and disable the +internal Supplicant. +This option is not normally used. +.It Fl h +Show help text. +.It Fl q +Decrease debugging verbosity (i.e. counteract the use of the +.Fl d +flag. +.It Fl v +Display version information on the terminal and exit. +.It Fl w +If the specified interface is not present, wait for it to be +added; e.g. a cardbus device to be inserted. +.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. +.It Fl L +Display the license for this program on the terminal and exit. +.It Fl N Fl i Ar iface Fl Ar config-file +Specify an additional interface and configuration file. +If multiple interfaces are specified then +.Nm +will manage them all with a single process. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ath 4 , +.Xr iwi 4 , +.Xr ipw 4 , +.Xr ral 4 , +.Xr ural 4 , +.Xr wi 4 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant.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 |