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authorJiří Klimeš <jklimes@redhat.com>2015-10-13 17:48:06 +0200
committerJiří Klimeš <jklimes@redhat.com>2015-11-10 09:10:48 +0100
commit781d24f1ddfac109ba54cbf2120337cb30e56563 (patch)
tree09b1845d9673c040f93bb806b11def97b6721edd /man
parentd6427d719839ebcdd104c1ada0d4c8d972f0efff (diff)
downloadNetworkManager-781d24f1ddfac109ba54cbf2120337cb30e56563.tar.gz
cli: add 'password' option for 'nmcli device wifi hotspot'
It allows user provided password to be used to secure the hotspot. Otherwise, nmcli will generate a suitable password.
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diff --git a/man/nmcli.1.in b/man/nmcli.1.in
index 7183ca35a7..e195b97bfc 100644
--- a/man/nmcli.1.in
+++ b/man/nmcli.1.in
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ Otherwise the SSID would not be found and the connection attempt would fail.
.RE
.TP
.B wifi hotspot [ifname <ifname>] [con-name <name>] [ssid <SSID>] [band a|bg] [channel <channel>]
+.B [password <password>]
.br
Create a Wi-Fi hotspot. The command creates a hotspot connection profile according to
Wi-Fi device capabilities and activates it on the device. The hotspot is secured with WPA
@@ -873,6 +874,10 @@ Parameters of the hotspot can be influenced by the optional parameters:
\(en Wi-Fi band to use
.IP \fIchannel\fP 10
\(en Wi-Fi channel to use
+.IP \fIpassword\fP 10
+\(en password to use for the created hotspot. If not provided,
+nmcli will generate a password. The password is either WPA
+pre-shared key or WEP key.
.RE
.TP
.B wifi rescan [ifname <ifname>] [[ssid <SSID>] ...]