3 dropbearkey \- create private keys for the use with dropbear(8) or dbclient(1)
16 \fIRSA\fR, \fIDSS\fR, or \fIECDSA\fR
17 format SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the
18 Dropbear client or server.
20 some SSH implementations
21 use the term "DSA" rather than "DSS", they mean the same thing.
25 Type of key to generate.
33 Write the secret key to the file
34 \fIfile\fR. For client authentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default
39 bits, should be multiple of 8 (optional).
42 Just print the publickey and fingerprint for the private key in \fIfile\fR.
44 The program dropbearconvert(1) can be used to convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH key formats.
46 Dropbear does not support encrypted keys.
49 # dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
51 extract a public key suitable for authorized_keys from private key:
52 # dropbearkey -y -f id_rsa | grep "^ssh-rsa " >> authorized_keys
54 Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
56 Gerrit Pape (pape@smarden.org) wrote this manual page.
58 dropbear(8), dbclient(1), dropbearconvert(1)
60 https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html