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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/hostapd.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/hostapd.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d19d862c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/hostapd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.TH HOSTAPD 8 "April 7, 2005" hostapd hostapd +.SH NAME +hostapd \- IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B hostapd +[\-hdBKtv] [\-P <PID file>] <configuration file(s)> +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly the +.B hostapd +daemon. +.PP +.B hostapd +is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. +It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server. +The current version supports Linux (Host AP, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211). + +.B hostapd +is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling authentication. +.B hostapd +supports separate frontend programs and an example text-based frontend, +.BR hostapd_cli , +is included with +.BR hostapd . +.SH OPTIONS +A summary of options is included below. +For a complete description, run +.BR hostapd +from the command line. +.TP +.B \-h +Show usage. +.TP +.B \-d +Show more debug messages. +.TP +.B \-dd +Show even more debug messages. +.TP +.B \-B +Run daemon in the background. +.TP +.B \-P <PID file> +Path to PID file. +.TP +.B \-K +Include key data in debug messages. +.TP +.B \-t +Include timestamps in some debug messages. +.TP +.B \-v +Show hostapd version. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR hostapd_cli (1). +.SH AUTHOR +hostapd was written by Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>. +.PP +This manual page was written by Faidon Liambotis <faidon@cube.gr>, +for the Debian project (but may be used by others). |
