HELP: Passwordless SSH from OpenSSH client - Dropbear server

[Mr_Si]

Hi all,

As per the title really, I'm a little stuck.
I'm trying to work out how to SSH using key-based authentication from my Centos 6.7 server to a device which uses Dropbear (I cannot install openssh server on it).
I'd like to do this so that I can rsync to it over SSH and obtain the benefit of the much much faster file transfer times.

I was wondering if anyone had done it and if they can either point me in the correct direction or just tell me how to do it.

Many thanks in advance,
Simon

[gerald_clark]

This is not a CentOS issue.
Contact support for the device running dropbear.

[Mr_Si]

Fair enough.

Let's close this then.

[gerald_clark]

Why not wait until you have it resolved.
Once you have properly configured your dropbear, you may have questions for the Centos side of the connection.

[Mr_Si]

No it's ok, It's only something configurable on the remote host, since it is run as a service from adding a line in /etc/inetd.conf,

I have tried changing the line

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ssh stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/dropbear dropbear -i

into

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ssh stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/dropbear dropbear -i -r /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

but it's still asking for a password, so I guess I will have to keep trying. It's not a Centos issue and thus mods, please close this thread.

Thank you,
Simon