osx man page for makekey

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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
Related Man Pages
crypt(3) - minix
pwhash(1) - netbsd
crypt(3c) - hpux
encrypt(3c) - hpux
encrypt_r(3c) - hpux
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