MAKEKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MAKEKEY(8)

NAME
     mmaakkeekkeeyy - make encrypted keys or passwords

SYNOPSIS
     mmaakkeekkeeyy

DESCRIPTION
     MMaakkeekkeeyy encrypts a key and salt which it reads from the standard input
     and writes the result to the standard output.  The key is expected to be
     ten bytes; the salt is expected to be two bytes.  See crypt(3) for more
     information on what characters the key and salt can contain and how the
     encrypted value is calculated.

SEE ALSO
     login(1), crypt(1), crypt(3)

HISTORY     A mmaakkeekkeeyy command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BSD                            December 11, 1993                           BSD