Re: [RFC]: Install rescue-initramfs dialog
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM, David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu> wrote:
> Where does the SSH server get the passwords/keyfiles from?
On the ramdisk Dropbear SSH server is used, to preserve
space. For the host files there are three options:
1) OpenSSH is used on the host machine, OpenSSH's host
keys are converted to Dropbear format and copied to the
ramdisk.
2) Dropbear is used on the host machine, Dropbear's host
keys are copied to the ramdisk.
3) Neither OpenSSH or Dropbear is used on the host
machine and no host keys exist, Dropbear host keys are
generated and copied to the ramdisk.
Concerning key files, root's authorized_keys are copied to
ramdisk if they exist. Riku Voipio has verified that both
OpenSSH and Dropbear use the same key format for RSA
keys.
> Does it put /etc/shadow in the initramfs?
Only if root doesn't have any authorized_keys, and in that
case only root's entry(!) is put on the ramdisk.
-- Per
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