dropbearconvert(1) General Commands Manual dropbearconvert(1)
NAME
dropbearconvert - convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key for-
mats
SYNOPSIS
dropbearconvert input_type output_type input_file output_file
DESCRIPTION
Dropbear and OpenSSH SSH implementations have different private key
formats. dropbearconvert can convert between the two.
Dropbear uses the same SSH public key format as OpenSSH, it can be ex-
tracted from a private key by using dropbearkey -y
Encrypted private keys are not supported, use ssh-keygen(1) to decrypt
them first.
ARGUMENTS
input_type
Either dropbear or openssh
output_type
Either dropbear or openssh
input_file
An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file
output_file
The path to write the converted private key file. For client au-
thentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default
SUPPORTED FORMATS
dropbearconvert can read OpenSSH format files, and older PEM format
files ( ssh-keygen -m PEM ). dropbearconvert will write OpenSSH format
files, usable with OpenSSH 6.5 and later. Reading OpenSSH format DSS
files or PKCS8 files is not currently supported.
EXAMPLE
# dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_dropbear
AUTHOR
Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
SEE ALSO
dropbearkey(1), ssh-keygen(1)
https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
dropbearconvert(1)
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