[uClibc] dropbear config (was: openssh - newbie configuration question)

Rich Ireland rich.ireland at idahotech.com
Wed Feb 16 22:47:01 UTC 2005


Rob Landley wrote:
> 
> I'd try "dropbear".  It's a tiny ssh clone (both client and server) without 
> the dependencies of openssh (doesn't use openssl, etc) that's pretty much 
> self configuring.

Thanks for the pointer Rob.  I've made a new build with dropbear, but I 
can't seem to get a good connection.  From the client side:

> $ ssh -v 10.1.1.77
> OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004
> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
> debug1: Connecting to 10.1.1.77 [10.1.1.77] port 22.
> debug1: Connection established.
> debug1: identity file /home/rich_ireland/.ssh/identity type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/rich_ireland/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/rich_ireland/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
> debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version dropbear_0.44
> debug1: no match: dropbear_0.44
> debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.9p1
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent

and from the host side in /var/log/messages:
> Dec 31 17:28:06 uclibc kern.info dropbear[772]: Child connection from 10.1.3.30: 3010

but the client never times out and never gives me a login prompt.

The dropbear docs don't give any configuration options, so all I have is 
the default /etc/init.d/S50dropbear script that the ucLibc creates.

Does dropbear require tinylogin like OpenSSH?
It seems like just busybox isn't enough.

-- 
Rich Ireland
Firmware Engineer - Perforce Advocate
Idaho Technology, Inc.
http://www.idahotech.com/
mailto:rich.ireland at idahotech.com




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