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merge of 00b67a11e33c3ed390556805ed6d1078528bee70 and 42c7bdf484b16e279a0f68604a4346d8fa5ed70c
author Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
date Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:19:17 +0000
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17 In the absence of detailed documentation, some notes follow: 17 In the absence of detailed documentation, some notes follow:
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20 Public key auth: 20 Server public key auth:
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22 You can use ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the same way as with OpenSSH, just put 22 You can use ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the same way as with OpenSSH, just put
23 the key entries in that file. They should be of the form: 23 the key entries in that file. They should be of the form:
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25 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAwVa6M6cGVmUcLl2cFzkxEoJd06Ub4bVDsYrWvXhvUV+ZAM9uGuewZBDoAqNKJxoIn0Hyd0Nk/yU99UVv6NWV/5YSHtnf35LKds56j7cuzoQpFIdjNwdxAN0PCET/MG8qyskG/2IE2DPNIaJ3Wy+Ws4IZEgdJgPlTYUBWWtCWOGc= someone@hostname 25 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAwVa6M6cGVmUcLl2cFzkxEoJd06Ub4bVDsYrWvXhvUV+ZAM9uGuewZBDoAqNKJxoIn0Hyd0Nk/yU99UVv6NWV/5YSHtnf35LKds56j7cuzoQpFIdjNwdxAN0PCET/MG8qyskG/2IE2DPNIaJ3Wy+Ws4IZEgdJgPlTYUBWWtCWOGc= someone@hostname
27 You must make sure that ~/.ssh, and the key file, are only writable by the 27 You must make sure that ~/.ssh, and the key file, are only writable by the
28 user. 28 user.
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30 NOTE: Dropbear ignores authorized_keys options such as those described in the 30 NOTE: Dropbear ignores authorized_keys options such as those described in the
31 OpenSSH sshd manpage, and will not allow a login for these keys. 31 OpenSSH sshd manpage, and will not allow a login for these keys.
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35 Client public key auth:
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37 Dropbear can do public key auth as a client, but you will have to convert
38 OpenSSH style keys to Dropbear format, or use dropbearkey to create them.
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40 If you have an OpenSSH-style private key ~/.ssh/id_rsa, you need to do:
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42 dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.db
43 dbclient -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.db <hostname>
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45 Currently encrypted keys aren't supported, neither is agent forwarding. At some
46 stage both hopefully will be.
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35 If you want to get the public-key portion of a Dropbear private key, look at 50 If you want to get the public-key portion of a Dropbear private key, look at
36 dropbearkey's '-y' option. 51 dropbearkey's '-y' option.