On 3/31/2020 10:12 PM, André Rodier wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Debian Buster installed, with a dropbear SSH server. > > The dropbear-bin package, comes with a tool to convert keys fron > OpenSSH. This tool worked on Stretch, but is now broken on Buster. > > I tried the Bullseye version, and it is broken too. > > For instance, the following command: > >> dropbearconvert openssh dropbear \ >> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key \ >> /etc/dropbear-initramfs/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key > > Produce this error: > >> Error: Unrecognised key type >> Error reading key from '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key' > > - Key conversion was working on Stretch. > - I tried RSA keys, and it fails too. > > I found some information here: > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250512 > > But the process still fails. > > - Does someone has the same issue? > - I am using this to unlock a LUKS encrypted drive over SSH. >
Try converting your key to the old openssh format: ssh-keygen -p -m pem -f <key-to-convert> then retry dropbearconvert -- John Doe
