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...<br>> I have previously put the public key I got from<br>> dropbearkey -y -t dss -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key<br>> into user@host:.ssh/authorized_keys<br>> <br>> In my local ~/.ssh I have only the files authorized_keys and known_hosts.<br>> The private keys are in /etc/dropbear/dropbear_*_host_key<br>> <br>> Does that matter ? I tried with both rsa and dss key...<br>> -- <br>You need to generate a user private and public key. See: http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/ for a general overview.<br><br>root@CHM-0742-00187:~/.ssh$ dropbearkey -t rsa -f id_rsa<br>Will output 1024 bit rsa secret key to 'id_rsa'<br>Generating key, this may take a while...<br>Public key portion is:<br>ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgwCxVe533yHtWgb11j+L6zHIRllDIp3xR3nEB3Jxjw9ZUXHXZGgXk/A06sd3AF4sUbo3YvRIuj5EzDfjy1SAUrpD3b4WU9bayoTie3LJ6FU5TSEySOWvrkW/4/iuFUAvry0G1ISlMEMqpLvoSx6JcE/UL4JoKIUzM2jnordtyR9gn53r root@CHM-0742-00187<br>Fingerprint: md5 5a:d7:ef:84:aa:40:11:4e:d5:3d:17:0d:b2:30:b0:8b<br><br><br>root@CHM-0742-00187:~/.ssh$ dropbearkey -y -f id_rsa<br>Public key portion is:<br>ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgwCxVe533yHtWgb11j+L6zHIRllDIp3xR3nEB3Jxjw9ZUXHXZGgXk/A06sd3AF4sUbo3YvRIuj5EzDfjy1SAUrpD3b4WU9bayoTie3LJ6FU5TSEySOWvrkW/4/iuFUAvry0G1ISlMEMqpLvoSx6JcE/UL4JoKIUzM2jnordtyR9gn53r root@CHM-0742-00187<br>Fingerprint: md5 5a:d7:ef:84:aa:40:11:4e:d5:3d:17:0d:b2:30:b0:8b<br>root@CHM-0742-00187:~/.ssh$ dropbearkey -y -f id_rsa > id_rsa.pub<br><br>Then edit id_rsa.pub so that there is a single line (note it is broken up here):<br><br>ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgwCxVe533yHtWgb11j+L6zHIRllDIp3xR3nEB3Jxjw9ZUXHXZGgXk/A06sd3AF4sUbo3YvRIuj5EzDfjy1SAUrpD3b4WU9bayoTie3LJ6FU5TSEySOWvrkW/4/iuFUAvry0G1ISlMEMqpLvoSx6JcE/UL4JoKIUzM2jnordtyR9gn53r
root@CHM-0742-00187<br><br>Then append that key id_rsa.pub on the remote machine to /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys<br><br>cat id_rsa.pub >> /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys<br><br>-snafu<br><br /><hr />With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008' target='_new'>Connect on the go.</a></body>
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