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Palintheus is offline Palintheus
2007-12-12 , 03:35
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Installed dropbear, and now I am trying to ssh into my server but I am getting an error and I am using the same steps that I use one my laptop, don't know if its something specific to busybox, or what, but I am stuck

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~ $ ssh -p**** -i~/.ssh/<file name> <user@host>
Failed loading keyfile '~/.ssh/<file name>'
ssh: connection to <user@host>
exited: No auth methods could be used.
~ $
 
Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2007-12-12 , 07:15
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You could try installing openssh-server instead (enable the extras repository if you haven't already).

Does anyone know if Dropbear is being updated with each new OS, or to fix security problems? openssh is receiving regular updates.
 
sevo is offline sevo
2007-12-12 , 08:30
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Use openssh, not dropbear! The latter has very limited features, and is only intended as a solution for very small devices like home routers, measuring equipment or data loggers, where any ssh is better than resorting to telnet - but I'd rate it as far too deficient for a server possibly roaming in strange networks, or for interactive client use.
 
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Palintheus is offline Palintheus
2007-12-12 , 22:58
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OK I installed openssh and it is working.

Do I need to do anything to prevent others from ssh'ing to my N800?

Can I make a script to ssh instead of typing out the command everytime?
 
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2007-12-12 , 23:21
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What you can do is set up a config file at /home/user/.ssh/conf with the default parameters and a nickname for the connection. This site explains the format. the host parameter can hold an arbitrary nickname. You then only need to type 'ssh nick1' and all the params for the matching connection will be pulled from the user conf file.

http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ssh_config+5+NetBS D-current

hope this helps.
 
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