| .TH dropbearkey 8 |
| .SH NAME |
| dropbearkey \- create private keys for the use with dropbear(8) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B dropbearkey |
| \-t |
| .I type |
| \-f |
| .I file |
| [\-s |
| .IR bits ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B dropbearkey |
| generates a type |
| .I rsa |
| or |
| .I dss |
| SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the |
| .BR dropbear (8) |
| SSH 2 server. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B \-t \fItype |
| Type of key to generate. |
| Must be one of |
| .I rsa |
| or |
| .IR dss . |
| .TP |
| .B \-f \fIfile |
| Write the secret key to the file |
| .IR file . |
| .TP |
| .B \-s \fIbits |
| Set the key size to |
| .I bits |
| bits, should be multiple of 8 (optional). |
| .SH EXAMPLE |
| # dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au). |
| .br |
| Gerrit Pape (pape@smarden.org) wrote this manual page. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| dropbear(8), dbclient(1) |
| .P |
| http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html |
