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clarify that -r skips default hostkeys

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Matt Johnston 2018-02-22 21:57:47 +08:00
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@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ Host Key Files
Host key files are read at startup from a standard location, by default
/etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key, and
/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key
or specified on the commandline with -r. These are of the form generated
by dropbearkey. The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys
If the -r command line option is specified the default files are not loaded.
Host key files are of the form generated by dropbearkey.
The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys
in the default location - keys will be generated after startup when the first
connection is established. This had the benefit that the system /dev/urandom
random number source has a better chance of being securely seeded.