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diff --git a/debian/dropbear.README.Debian b/debian/dropbear.README.Debian index 7eec3e6..0ce1874 100644 --- a/debian/dropbear.README.Debian +++ b/debian/dropbear.README.Debian @@ -1,52 +1,19 @@ Dropbear for Debian ------------------- -This package will attempt to listen on port 22. If the OpenSSH -package ("ssh") is installed, the file /etc/default/dropbear -will be set up so that the server does not start by default. +This package will attempt to setup the Dropbear ssh server to listen on +port 22. If the OpenSSH server package ("openssh-server") is installed, +the file /etc/default/dropbear will be set up so that the server does not +start by default. -You can run Dropbear concurrently with OpenSSH 'sshd' by -modifying /etc/default/dropbear so that "NO_START" is set to -"0" and changing the port number that Dropbear runs on. Follow -the instructions in the file. +You can run Dropbear concurrently with OpenSSH 'sshd' by modifying +/etc/default/dropbear so that "NO_START" is set to "0", and changing the +port number that Dropbear runs on. Follow the instructions in the file. -This package suggests you install the "ssh" package. This package -provides the "ssh" client program, as well as the "/usr/bin/scp" -binary you will need to be able to retrieve files from a server -running Dropbear via SCP. - -Replacing OpenSSH "sshd" with Dropbear --------------------------------------- - -You will still want to have the "ssh" package installed, as it -provides the "ssh" and "scp" binaries. When you install this -package, it checks for existing OpenSSH host keys and if found, -converts them to the Dropbear format. - -If this appears to have worked, you should be able to change over -by following these steps: - -1. Stop the OpenSSH server - % /etc/init.d/ssh stop -2. Prevent the OpenSSH server from starting in the future - % touch /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run -3. Modify the Dropbear defaults file, set NO_START to 0 and - ensure DROPBEAR_PORT is set to 22. - % editor /etc/default/dropbear -4. Restart the Dropbear server. - % /etc/init.d/dropbear restart +This package suggests you install the "openssh-client" package, which +provides the "ssh" client program, as well as the "/usr/bin/scp" binary +you will need to be able to retrieve files via SCP from a server running +Dropbear. See the Dropbear homepage for more information: http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - - -Entropy from /dev/random ------------------------- - -The dropbear binary package is configured at compile time to read -entropy from /dev/random. If /dev/random on a system blocks when -reading data from it, client logins may be delayed until the client -times out. The dropbear server writes a notice to the logs when it -sees /dev/random blocking. A workaround for such systems is to -re-compile the package with DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV set to /dev/urandom -in options.h. |