---
name: "wpa_supplicant"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wpasupplicant"
version: "0.3.8-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wpa_supplicant"
---

# wpa\_supplicant(1)

WiFi Protected Access client daemon

## NAME

wpa\_supplicant - WiFi Protected Access client daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**wpa\_supplicant** *\[-BddehLqqvw\] -i\<ifname\> -c\<config file\> \[-D\<driver\>\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **wpa\_supplicant** daemon.

## OPTIONS

A summary of commands follows. For a complete description, run **wpa\_supplicant** from the command line.

- **-B**

  Fork daemon to the background.

- **-i\<iface\>**

  Interface to listen on.

- **-c\<config file\>**

  Path to configuration file.

- **-D\<driver\>**

  Driver to use.

- **-d**

  Show debugging info (-dd for even more).

- **-q**

  Decrease debugging info (-qq for even less).

- **-w**

  Wait for \<iface\> to be added.

- **-L**

  Show license text.

- **-h**

  Show help text.

- **-v**

  Show version text.

## SEE ALSO

[wpa\_passphrase(1)](/wpa_passphrase/1.md), [wpa\_cli(1)](/wpa_cli/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kyle McMartin \<kyle@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).