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diff --git a/manpages/dropbearkey.1 b/manpages/dropbearkey.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6860ea --- /dev/null +++ b/manpages/dropbearkey.1 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.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 ] +[\-y] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B dropbearkey +generates a +\fIRSA\fR, \fIDSS\fR, \fIECDSA\fR, or \fIEd25519\fR +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 +.I ed25519 +or +.IR dss . +.TP +.B \-f \fIfile +Write the secret key to the file +\fIfile\fR. For client authentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default +.TP +.B \-s \fIbits +Set the key size to +.I bits +bits, should be multiple of 8 (optional). +.TP +.B \-y +Just print the publickey and fingerprint for the private key in \fIfile\fR. +.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 +generate a host-key: + # dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key + +extract a public key suitable for authorized_keys from private key: + # dropbearkey -y -f id_rsa | grep "^ssh-rsa " >> authorized_keys +.SH AUTHOR +Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au). +.br +Gerrit Pape (pape@smarden.org) wrote this manual page. +.SH SEE ALSO +dropbear(8), dbclient(1), dropbearconvert(1) +.P +https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html |