MAKEKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MAKEKEY(8) NNAAMMEE mmaakkeekkeeyy - make encrypted keys or passwords SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS mmaakkeekkeeyy DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN MMaakkeekkeeyy encypts 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 in- formation on what characters the key and salt can contain and how the en- crypted value is calculated. SSEEEE AALLSSOO login(1), crypt(1), crypt(3) HHIISSTTOORRYY A mmaakkeekkeeyy command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. 4.4BSD June 4, 1993 1