[PATCH] unconditionally accept host key

Matt Johnston matt at ucc.asn.au
Fri Feb 9 20:16:24 WST 2007


On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:16:28PM +0000, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The attached patch adds a new option, -y, to the dropbear client,
> version 0.48.1.
> 
> I need it when running dropbear in scripts (as rsync transport
> mechanism, for example).
> 
> Note, the patch adds to usage() the line:
> "-y accept remote host keys, if unknown\n", but, as far as I can tell,
> dropbear considers unknown and unmatched host keys simply as unknown.

Thanks, I'll apply that patch.

Cheers,
Matt


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