ssh-copy-id dropbear default for openwrt

Carlos Morel Gómez La Roque <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:44:30 -0400

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Hi,

from Termux when ssh-copy-id to owrt with openssh, default behaviour is to
store keys on

/etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

on installkeys_ssh() {} we might add


[ -f /etc/openwrt_release ] &&
                { [ "\$LOGNAME" = "root" ] || [ "\$(id -u)" = "0" ]; } &&
                        pgrep -x dropbear >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
                                AUTH_KEY_FILE=/etc/dropbear/authorized_keys;

the third line to check if indeed is dropbear being used on owrt


cheer,

Carulosu.