Query: makekey
OS: osx
Section: 8
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MAKEKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MAKEKEY(8)NAMEmakekey -- make encrypted keys or passwordsSYNOPSISmakekeyDESCRIPTIONMakekey 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 ALSOcrypt(1), login(1), crypt(3)HISTORYA makekey command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.BSDDecember 11, 1993 BSD