| .TH dropbearconvert 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| dropbearconvert \- convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B dropbearconvert |
| .I input_type |
| .I output_type |
| .I input_file |
| .I output_file |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B Dropbear |
| and |
| .B OpenSSH |
| SSH implementations have different private key formats. |
| .B dropbearconvert |
| can convert between the two. |
| .P |
| Dropbear uses the same SSH public key format as OpenSSH, it can be extracted |
| from a private key by using |
| .B dropbearkey \-y |
| .P |
| Encrypted private keys are not supported, use ssh-keygen(1) to decrypt them |
| first. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B input type |
| Either |
| .I dropbear |
| or |
| .I openssh |
| .TP |
| .B output type |
| Either |
| .I dropbear |
| or |
| .I openssh |
| .TP |
| .B input file |
| An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file |
| .TP |
| .B output file |
| The path to write the converted private key file |
| .SH EXAMPLE |
| # dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/dropbear_priv |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au). |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| dropbearkey(1), ssh-keygen(1) |
| .P |
| https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html |
