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32.\" @(#)makekey.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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34.Dd December 11, 1993
35.Dt MAKEKEY 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm makekey
39.Nd make encrypted keys or passwords
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm makekey
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm Makekey
44encrypts a key and salt which it reads from the standard input
45and writes the result to the standard output.
46The key is expected to be
47ten bytes; the salt is expected to be two bytes.
48See
49.Xr crypt 3
50for more information on what characters the key and salt can contain
51and how the encrypted value is calculated.
52.Sh SEE ALSO
53.Xr login 1 ,
54.Xr crypt 1 ,
55.Xr crypt 3
56.Sh HISTORY
57A
58.Nm
59command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.