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Dropbear server v2026.94 https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Usage: /usr/bin/dropbear [options]
-b bannerfile Display the contents of bannerfile before user login
(default: none)
-r keyfile Specify hostkeys (repeatable)
defaults:
- rsa /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
- ecdsa /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key
- ed25519 /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ed25519_host_key
-D Directory containing authorized_keys file
-R Create hostkeys as required
-F Don't fork into background
-e Pass on server process environment to child process
-E Log to stderr rather than syslog
-m Don't display the motd on login
-w Disallow root logins
-G Restrict logins to members of specified group
-s Disable password logins
-g Disable password logins for root
-B Allow blank password logins
-t Enable two-factor authentication (both password and public key required)
-T Maximum authentication tries (default 10)
-j Disable local port/stream forwarding
-k Disable remote port/stream forwarding
-a Allow connections to forwarded ports from any host
-c command Force executed command
-p [address:]port
Listen on specified tcp port (and optionally address),
up to 10 can be specified
(default port is 22 if none specified)
-P PidFile Create pid file PidFile
(default /var/run/dropbear.pid)
-l <interface>
interface to bind on
-i Start for inetd
-W <receive_window_buffer> (default 24576, larger may be faster, max 10MB)
-K <keepalive> (0 is never, default 0, in seconds)
-I <idle_timeout> (0 is never, default 0, in seconds)
-M <max_duration> (0 is off, default 0, in seconds)
-z disable QoS
-Q <algo> Print supported algorithms, or -Q help
-V Version
Options (30)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-b bannerfile | Display the contents of bannerfile before user login (default: none) | help + man |
-r keyfile | Use the contents of the file hostkey for the SSH hostkey. | help + man |
-D authorized_keys_dir | Specify the directory to use for authorized_keys files. | help + man |
-R | Generate hostkeys automatically. | help + man |
-F | Don't fork into background. | help + man |
-e | Pass on the server environment to all child processes. | help + man |
-E | Log to standard error rather than syslog. | help + man |
-m | Don't display the message of the day on login. | help + man |
-w | Disallow root logins. | help + man |
-G | Restrict logins to members of specified group | help |
-s | Disable password logins. | help + man |
-g | Disable password logins for root. | help + man |
-B | Allow blank password logins | help |
-t | Enable two-factor authentication (both password and public key required) | help + man |
-T max_authentication_attempts | Set the number of authentication attempts allowed per connection. | help + man |
-j | Disable local port/stream forwarding | help + man |
-k | Disable remote port/stream forwarding | help + man |
-a | Allow connections to forwarded ports from any host | help + man |
-c command | Disregard the command/shell provided by the user and always run forced_command. | help + man |
-p address:]port | Listen on specified tcp port (and optionally address), up to 10 can be specified (default port is 22 if none specified) | help + man |
-P PidFile | Create pid file PidFile (default /var/run/dropbear.pid) | help + man |
-l interface | Listen on the specified interface | help + man |
-i | Service program mode. | help + man |
-K keepalive | Ensure that traffic is transmitted at a certain interval in seconds. | help + man |
-I idle_timeout | Disconnect the session if no traffic is transmitted or received for idle_timeout seconds. | help + man |
-M max_duration | Set maximum session duration in seconds. | help + man |
-z | By default Dropbear will send network traffic with the AF21 setting for QoS, letting network devices give it higher priority. | help + man |
-Q algo | <algo> Print supported algorithms, or -Q help | help + man |
-V | Print the version | help + man |
-W windowsize | Specify the per-channel receive window buffer size. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.