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Basic Dropbear build instructions:
 
- First, edit options.h to choose user-defined features to choose, such as
which ciphers/hashes you want, which forwarding you want, etc.
- Edit options.h to set which features you want.
- Edit debug.h if you want any debug options (not usually required).
 
- Edit debug.h if you want any debug options
- Now configure Dropbear's host-specific options
(if you are using a cvs copy, "autoconf; autoheader" first)
(If using a non-tarball copy, "autoconf; autoheader")
 
./configure (optionally with --disable-zlib or --disable-syslog,
or --help for other options)
 
- Then compile and optionally install Dropbear:
(the Makefile requires GNU make, if you want to make it portable, send me
some patches)
Now compile:
 
make
make install (installs to /usr/local/sbin, /usr/local/bin by default)
make PROGRAMS="dropbear dbclient dropbearkey dropbearconvert scp"
 
You need to generate server keys, this is one-off:
./dropbearkey -t rsa -f dropbear_rsa_host_key
./dropbearkey -t dss -f dropbear_dss_host_key
And install (/usr/local/bin is usual default):
 
or alternatively convert OpenSSH keys to Dropbear:
./dropbearconvert openssh dropbear /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key dropbear_dss_host_key
make PROGRAMS="dropbear dbclient dropbearkey dropbearconvert scp" install
 
And you can now run the server.
./dropbear
(you can leave items out of the PROGRAMS list to avoid compiling them. If you
recompile after changing the PROGRAMS list, you *MUST* "make clean" before
recompiling - bad things will happen otherwise)
 
or './dropbear -h' to get options.
See MULTI for instructions on making all-in-one binaries.
 
If the server is run as non-root, you most likely won't be able to allocate a
pty, and you cannot login as any user other than that running the daemon
(obviously). Shadow passwords will also be unusable as non-root.
If you want to compile statically, add "STATIC=1" to the make command-line.
 
The Dropbear distribution includes a standalone version of OpenSSH's scp
program. You can compile it with "make scp", you may want to change the path
of the ssh binary, specified near the top of the scp.c file. By default
the progress meter isn't compiled in to save space, you can enable it with
"make scp-progress".
Binaries can be strippd with "make strip"
 
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@@ -50,18 +35,11 @@ versions is broken. Also note that you may get strange issues if your uClibc
headers don't match the library you are running with, ie the headers might
say that shadow password support exists, but the libraries don't have it.
 
To compile for uClibc the following should work:
rm config.cache
CC=i386-uclib-gcc ./configure --disable-zlib
make clean
make
make strip
... and that should be it. You can use "make static" to make statically linked
binaries, and it is advisable to strip the binaries too. If you're looking
to make a small binary, you should remove unneeded ciphers and MD5, by
editing options.h
Compiling for uClibc should be the same as normal, just set CC to the magic
uClibc toolchain compiler (ie export CC=i386-uclibc-gcc or whatever).
You can use "make STATIC=1" to make statically linked binaries, and it is
advisable to strip the binaries too. If you're looking to make a small binary,
you should remove unneeded ciphers and MD5, by editing options.h
 
It is possible to compile zlib in, by copying zlib.h and zconf.h into a
subdirectory (ie zlibincludes), and
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to create all the /dev/pty?? and /dev/tty?? devices, which can be
problematic for devfs. In general, openpty() is the best way to allocate
PTYs, so it's best to try and get it working.
============================================================================
Public key auth:
You can use ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the same way as with OpenSSH, just put
the key entries in that file. They should be of the form:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAwVa6M6cGVmUcLl2cFzkxEoJd06Ub4bVDsYrWvXhvUV+ZAM9uGuewZBDoAqNKJxoIn0Hyd0Nk/yU99UVv6NWV/5YSHtnf35LKds56j7cuzoQpFIdjNwdxAN0PCET/MG8qyskG/2IE2DPNIaJ3Wy+Ws4IZEgdJgPlTYUBWWtCWOGc= someone@hostname
You must make sure that ~/.ssh, and the key file, are only writable by the
user.
NOTE: Dropbear ignores authorized_keys options such as those described in the
OpenSSH sshd manpage, and will not allow a login for these keys.
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To compile for systems without much space (floppy distributions etc), you
can create a single binary. This will save disk space by avoiding repeated
code between the three components (dropbear, dropbearkey, dropbearconvert).
code between the various parts.
If you are familiar with "busybox", it's the same principle.
 
To use the multi-purpose binary, firstly enable the "#define DROPBEAR_MULTI"
line in options.h
To compile the multi-binary, first "make clean" (if you've compiled
previously), then
 
Then enable which of the binaries you want to compile, also in options.h
(by default these are all enabled).
You should then "make clean" (if you compiled previously), then
"make dropbearmulti"
("make dropbearmultistatic" will make a static binary).
make PROGRAMS="programs you want here" MULTI=1
 
To use the binary, symlink it from the desired executable:
 
ln -s dropbearmulti dropbear
ln -s dropbearmulti dbclient
etc
 
then execute as normal:
 
./dropbear <options here>
 
"make install" doesn't currently work for multi-binary configuration, however
"make install" doesn't currently work for multi-binary configuration, though
in most situations where it is being used, the target and build systems will
differ.
This is Dropbear, a smallish SSH 2 server.
This is Dropbear, a smallish SSH 2 server and client.
 
INSTALL has compilation instructions.
 
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@@ -12,3 +12,41 @@ me if you have any questions/bugs found/features/ideas/comments etc :)
 
Matt Johnston
matt@ucc.asn.au
============================================================================
Public key auth:
You can use ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the same way as with OpenSSH, just put
the key entries in that file. They should be of the form:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAwVa6M6cGVmUcLl2cFzkxEoJd06Ub4bVDsYrWvXhvUV+ZAM9uGuewZBDoAqNKJxoIn0Hyd0Nk/yU99UVv6NWV/5YSHtnf35LKds56j7cuzoQpFIdjNwdxAN0PCET/MG8qyskG/2IE2DPNIaJ3Wy+Ws4IZEgdJgPlTYUBWWtCWOGc= someone@hostname
You must make sure that ~/.ssh, and the key file, are only writable by the
user.
NOTE: Dropbear ignores authorized_keys options such as those described in the
OpenSSH sshd manpage, and will not allow a login for these keys.
To run the server, you need to generate server keys, this is one-off:
./dropbearkey -t rsa -f dropbear_rsa_host_key
./dropbearkey -t dss -f dropbear_dss_host_key
or alternatively convert OpenSSH keys to Dropbear:
./dropbearconvert openssh dropbear /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key dropbear_dss_host_key
And you can now run the server.
./dropbear
or './dropbear -h' to get options.
If the server is run as non-root, you most likely won't be able to allocate a
pty, and you cannot login as any user other than that running the daemon
(obviously). Shadow passwords will also be unusable as non-root.
The Dropbear distribution includes a standalone version of OpenSSH's scp
program. You can compile it with "make scp", you may want to change the path
of the ssh binary, specified near the top of the scp.c file. By default
the progress meter isn't compiled in to save space, you can enable it with
"make scp-progress".
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