---
name: "curvecpmakekey"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nacl-tools"
version: "20110221-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/curvecpmakekey"
---

# curvecpmakekey(1)

Message-handling programs

## NAME

CurveCP — Message-handling programs

## SYNOPSIS

**curvecpmakekey** \[**keydir**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the   **CurveCP** commands.

A traditional UNIX-style server such as ftpd handles just   one network connection, reading input from stdin and writing output  to stdout. A "superserver" such as inetd or tcpserver listens for   network connections and starts a separate server process for   each connection.

**curvecpmakekey** creates keys needed for   **curvecpclient** can use programs other than   **curvecpserver**.

## OPTIONS

How to use **curvecpmakekey**:

- **keydir**

  a directory where **CurveCP** keys are going to be created. The direcoty must not exists before keys creation.

## SEE ALSO

curvecpserver (1), curvecpclient (1), curvecpprintkey (1), inetd (8), tcpserver (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Sergiusz Pawlowicz debian@pawlowicz.name for  the **Debian** system (and may be used by others). The source  of this page is a webpage https://curvecp.org/ .  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this  document under public domain.

This manual page was rewritten for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.