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Patch from Nicolai Ehemann to try binding before going to the background, so that if it exits early (because something's already listening etc) then it will return an exitcode of 1.
author Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
date Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:54:18 +0000
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1 .TH dropbear 8
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2 .SH NAME
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3 dropbear \- lightweight SSH2 server
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4 .SH SYNOPSIS
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5 .B dropbear
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6 [\-FEmwsgjki] [\-b
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7 .I banner\fR] [\-d
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8 .I dsskey\fR] [\-r
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9 .I rsakey\fR] [\-p
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10 .IR port ]
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11 .SH DESCRIPTION
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12 .B dropbear
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13 is a SSH 2 server designed to be small enough to be used in small memory
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14 environments, while still being functional and secure enough for general use.
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15 .SH OPTIONS
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16 .TP
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17 .B \-b \fIbanner
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18 bannerfile.
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19 Display the contents of the file
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20 .I banner
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21 before user login (default: none).
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22 .TP
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23 .B \-d \fIdsskey
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24 dsskeyfile.
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25 Use the contents of the file
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26 .I dsskey
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27 for the dss host key (default: /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key).
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28 This file is generated with
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29 .BR dropbearkey (8).
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30 .TP
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31 .B \-r \fIrsakey
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32 rsakeyfile.
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33 Use the contents of the file
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34 .I rsakey
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35 for the rsa host key (default: /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key).
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36 This file is generated with
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37 .BR dropbearkey (8).
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38 .TP
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39 .B \-F
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40 Don't fork into background.
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41 .TP
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42 .B \-E
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43 Log to standard error rather than syslog.
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44 .TP
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45 .B \-m
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46 Don't display the message of the day on login.
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47 .TP
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48 .B \-w
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49 Disallow root logins.
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50 .TP
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51 .B \-s
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52 Disable password logins.
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53 .TP
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54 .B \-g
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55 Disable password logins for root.
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56 .TP
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57 .B \-j
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58 Disable local port forwarding.
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59 .TP
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60 .B \-k
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61 Disable remote port forwarding.
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62 .TP
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63 .B \-p \fI[address:]port
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64 Listen on specified
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65 .I address
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66 and TCP
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67 .I port.
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68 If just a port is given listen
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69 on all addresses.
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70 up to 10 can be specified (default 22 if none specified).
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71 .TP
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72 .B \-i
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73 Service program mode.
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74 Use this option to run
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75 .B dropbear
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76 under TCP/IP servers like inetd, tcpsvd, or tcpserver.
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77 In program mode the \-F option is implied, and \-p options are ignored.
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79 .B \-P \fIpidfile
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80 Specify a pidfile to create when running as a daemon. If not specified, the
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81 default is /var/run/dropbear.pid
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84 Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
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85 .SH AUTHOR
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86 Matt Johnston ([email protected]).
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87 .br
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88 Gerrit Pape ([email protected]) wrote this manual page.
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89 .SH SEE ALSO
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90 dropbearkey(8), dbclient(1)
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91 .P
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92 http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html