MAKEKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MAKEKEY(8)NAMEmakekey — make encrypted keys or passwords
SYNOPSISmakekeyDESCRIPTION
Makekey encrypts a key and salt which it reads from the standard input,
writing the result to the standard output. The key and salt values are
expected to be ten and two bytes, respectively, in length. See crypt(3)
for more information on what characters the key and salt can contain and
how the encrypted value is calculated.
SEE ALSOcrypt(1), login(1), crypt(3)HISTORY
A makekey command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD December 11, 1993 BSD