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 for-
mats. 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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