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author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> |
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date | Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:42:32 +0800 |
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.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 .I DSS, or .I ECDSA 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 .I ecdsa 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