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author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> |
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date | Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:45:25 +0800 |
parents | dropbearkey.8@4b47ff154ff6 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/dropbearkey.1 Thu Oct 03 23:45:25 2013 +0800 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.TH dropbearkey 1 +.SH NAME +dropbearkey \- create private keys for the use with dropbear(8) or dbclient(1) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dropbearkey +\-t +.I type +\-f +.I file +[\-s +.IR bits ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B dropbearkey +generates a +.I RSA +or +.I DSS +format SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the +Dropbear client or server. +Note that +some SSH implementations +use the term "DSA" rather than "DSS", they mean the same thing. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-t \fItype +Type of key to generate. +Must be one of +.I rsa +or +.IR dss . +.TP +.B \-f \fIfile +Write the secret key to the file +.IR file . +.TP +.B \-s \fIbits +Set the key size to +.I bits +bits, should be multiple of 8 (optional). +.SH NOTES +The program dropbearconvert(1) can be used to convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH key formats. +.P +Dropbear does not support encrypted keys. +.SH EXAMPLE + # dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key +.SH AUTHOR +Matt Johnston ([email protected]). +.br +Gerrit Pape ([email protected]) wrote this manual page. +.SH SEE ALSO +dropbear(8), dbclient(1), dropbearconvert(1) +.P +https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html