NAME
makekey —
make encrypted keys or
passwords
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
makekey 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 eight 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(3)
HISTORY
A
makekey command appeared in
Version 7
AT&T UNIX.