I want to login form my Linux based PC to my TV set over ssh without password, only using rsa certificates procedure. /mnt/etc/init.d/02_01_sshd.init starts dropbear in my tV. I changed line in this file to:


to allow root login without password. Than I placed generated by ssh-keygen (on Linux PC) public key in to /mtd_rwarea/authorized_keys (permissions 600). This is default location for this file in TV.
The same key I use to connect to other Linux servers and it works without problems. But when I try to connect to my TV using syntax below, error about public key problem is rapport.


When I remove /mtd_rwarea/authorized_keys file, ssh login is possible but with password.

What I am doing wrong? Maybe Dropbear does not accept RSA keys generated by ssh-keygen on Linux PC?

Hi there,

Dropbear uses a different key format to OpenSSH.
See: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...eys-compatible for how to convert.


Lee.

Hmmm. I dont understand. "host_key" is a private key (located in ~/.ssh/id_rsa) that needs to be converted based on id_rsa (generated by ssh-keygen) to private Dropbear key?
As I understand on dropbear server site I have still the same authorised_keys file
I do so - without positive results.

Ah, sorry. I just did some reading and quite right you are, the public key formats are supposed to be the same for both Dropbear and OpenSSH.

I'm sure I've had this issue before, but it was long ago and I can't remember much - sorry for that.
Check the permissions of your authorized_keys file and whatever directory it's in - sshd is picky about it. (here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6377073).

Kind Regards,
Lee.