WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) | System Manager's Manual | WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) |
wpa_supplicant | [-BdhKLqstvW] [-b br_ifname] [-C ctrl] -c config-file [-D driver] [-e entropy-file] [-f debug-file] [-G global-ctrl-group] [-g global-ctrl] [-I additional-config-file] [-i ifname] [-O override-ctrl] [-o override-driver] [-P pidfile] [-p parameters] [-M [-i ifname] -c config-file ...] [-N -i ifname -c config-file ...] |
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:
Changes to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a SIGHUP signal to the wpa_supplicant process or with the wpa_cli(8) utility, using “wpa_cli reconfigure
”.
March 23, 2016 | NetBSD 7.2 |