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move wpa_cli to section 8 + minor wordsmithing

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Approved by:	re (blanket wpa)
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sam 2005-06-17 03:08:59 +00:00
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usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/Makefile
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@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_DISTDIR?= ${.CURDIR}/../../../contrib/wpa_supplicant
PROG= wpa_cli
SRCS= wpa_cli.c wpa_ctrl.c
MAN= wpa_cli.8
.include <bsd.prog.mk>

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usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.1 → usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_cli/wpa_cli.8
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@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 3, 2005
.Dt WPA_CLI 1
.Dd June 16, 2005
.Dt WPA_CLI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wpa_cli
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a text-based frontend program for interacting with
.Xr wpa_supplicant 1.
.Xr wpa_supplicant 1 .
.Nm
is used to query current status,
change configuration,
@ -52,26 +52,20 @@ mode, dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc.
In addition,
.Nm
can configure EAPOL state machine
parameters and trigger events like reassociation
parameters and trigger events such as reassociation
and IEEE 802.1X logoff/logon.
.Pp
.Nm
provides a user interface to request authentication information,
like username and password, if these are not included in the
configuration.
This can be used to implement,
e.g., one-time-passwords or generic token card
provides an interface to supply authentication information
such as username and password when it is not provided in
.Nm wpa_supplicant's
configuration file.
This can be used, for example, to implement
one-time-passwords or generic token card
authentication where the authentication is based on a
challenge-response that uses an external device for generating the
response.
.Pp
The control interface of
.Nm wpa_supplicant
can be configured to allow
non-root user access (ctrl_interface_group in the configuration file).
This makes it possible to run
.Nm
with a normal user account.
.Pp
.Nm
supports two modes: interactive and command line.
Both modes share the same command set and the main difference
@ -87,6 +81,18 @@ response to the
prompt.
In command line mode, the same commands are
entered as command line arguments.
.Pp
The control interface of
.Nm wpa_supplicant
can be configured to allow
non-root user access by using the
ctrl_interface_group parameter
in the
.Nm wpa_supplicant
configuration file.
This makes it possible to run
.Nm
with a normal user account.
.Sh AUTHENTICATION PARAMETERS
.Pp
When
@ -97,13 +103,13 @@ request message to all attached frontend programs, e.g.,
.Nm
in interactive mode.
.Nm
shows these requests with
shows these requests with a
"CTRL-REQ-<type>-<id>:<text>" prefix.
<type> is IDENTITY, PASSWORD, or OTP (one-time-password).
<id> is a unique identifier for the current network.
<text> is description of the request.
In case of OTP request, it includes the challenge from
the authentication server.
In the case of a OTP (One Time Password) request,
it includes the challenge from the authentication server.
.Pp
A user must supply
.Nm wpa_supplicant
@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ Exit
.Nm .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr wpa_supplicant 1 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The