The
wpa_supplicant
utility
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 an Authentication Server.
In addition,
wpa_supplicant
controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11
authentication/association support of the
wlan(4)
module and can be used to configure static WEP keys
based on identified networks.
The
wpa_supplicant
utility
is designed to be a
"daemon"
program that runs in the
background and acts as the backend component controlling
the wireless connection.
It supports separate frontend programs such as the
text-based
wpa_cli(8)
program.
The following arguments must be specified on the command line:
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| -i ifname
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Use the specified wireless interface.
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| -c config-file
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Use the settings in the specified configuration file when managing
the wireless interface.
See
wpa_supplicant.conf(5)
for a description of the configuration file syntax and contents.
Changes to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a
SIGHUP
to the
wpa_supplicant
process or with the
wpa_cli(8)
utility, using
"wpa_cli reconfigure".
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