1dropbearconvert(1)          General Commands Manual         dropbearconvert(1)
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NAME

6       dropbearconvert - convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key for‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       dropbearconvert input_type output_type input_file output_file
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DESCRIPTION

13       Dropbear and OpenSSH SSH implementations  have  different  private  key
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16       Dropbear  uses the same SSH public key format as OpenSSH, it can be ex‐
17       tracted from a private key by using dropbearkey -y
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19       Encrypted private keys are not supported, use ssh-keygen(1) to  decrypt
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ARGUMENTS

23       input_type
24              Either dropbear or openssh
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29       input_file
30              An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file
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33              The path to write the converted private key file. For client au‐
34              thentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default
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SUPPORTED FORMATS

37       dropbearconvert can read OpenSSH format files,  and  older  PEM  format
38       files ( ssh-keygen -m PEM ).  dropbearconvert will write OpenSSH format
39       files, usable with OpenSSH 6.5 and later.  Reading OpenSSH  format  DSS
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EXAMPLE

43        # dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_dropbear
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AUTHOR

46       Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
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SEE ALSO

49        dropbearkey(1), ssh-keygen(1)
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51       https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
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