--- a/common-runopts.c	Fri Aug 06 02:51:17 2004 +0000
+++ b/common-runopts.c	Fri Aug 06 16:18:01 2004 +0000
@@ -24,5 +24,34 @@
 
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "runopts.h"
+#include "signkey.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+#include "dbutil.h"
+#include "auth.h"
 
 runopts opts; /* GLOBAL */
+
+/* returns success or failure, and the keytype in *type. If we want
+ * to restrict the type, type can contain a type to return */
+int readhostkey(const char * filename, sign_key * hostkey, int *type) {
+
+	int ret = DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
+	buffer *buf;
+
+	buf = buf_new(MAX_PRIVKEY_SIZE);
+
+	if (buf_readfile(buf, filename) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+	buf_setpos(buf, 0);
+	if (buf_get_priv_key(buf, hostkey, type) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = DROPBEAR_SUCCESS;
+out:
+
+	buf_burn(buf);
+	buf_free(buf);
+	return ret;
+}