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-.Dd June 10, 2010
+.Dd July 9, 2010
.Dt DHCPCD-GTK 8 SMM
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nd a GTK+ frontend for network configuration
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a GTK+ frotend for network configuration.
+is a GTK+ frontend for network configuration.
It uses
.Xr dhcpcd 8
as the backend and communicates to it and optionally
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
via
.Nm dhcpcd_dbus .
+.Ss wpa_supplicant
+.Nm
+relies on
+.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+being configured to write its sockets to
+.Pa /var/run/wpa_supplicant.
+.Nm
+relies on
+.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+being started by the operating system.
+If
+.Nm
+is used to select and set pass phrases for wireless networks then
+update_config=1
+needs to be set in wpa_supplicant.conf.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dhcpcd 8 ,
-.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 ,
+.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Roy Marples Aq roy@marples.name
.Sh BUGS