wpa_passphrase(8)

wpa_passphrase8

Generate a wpa psk from an ascii passphrase for a ssid

Usage

wpa_passphrase [ssid] [passphrase]

Overview

wpa_passphrase pre-computes PSK entries for network configuration blocks of a wpa_supplicant.conf file. An ASCII passphrase and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.

Options

ssid

The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.

passphrase

The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line, passphrase will be read from standard input.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12–Arch

From wpa_supplicant 2:2.12-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.