dropbearconvert - convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats
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Arguments
input_type
Either dropbear or opensshoutput_type
Either dropbear or opensshinput_file
An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file
output_file
The path to write the converted private key file. For client authentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is
loaded by default
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 extracted from a private key by using
dropbearkey-y
Encrypted private keys are not supported, use ssh-keygen(1) to decrypt them first.
Example
# dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa~/.ssh/id_dropbearName
dropbearconvert - convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats
See Also
dropbearkey(1), ssh-keygen(1) https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html dropbearconvert(1)
Supported Formats
dropbearconvert can read OpenSSH format files, and older PEM format files ( ssh-keygen-mPEM ).
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.
Synopsis
dropbearconvertinput_typeoutput_typeinput_fileoutput_file
