| MAKEKEY(8) | System Manager's Manual | MAKEKEY(8) | 
NAME
 makekey — make encrypted keys or passwords
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.
 
HISTORY
 A makekey command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.