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


NAME

     makekey -- make encrypted keys or passwords


SYNOPSIS

     makekey


DESCRIPTION

     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 ALSO

     crypt(1), login(1), crypt(3)


HISTORY

     A makekey command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BSD                            December 11, 1993                           BSD

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