Dropbear vs openssh install#

here was the output from my search root]$ ipkg update Is this package gone now? Using firmware 1.9.2.7-9 ().ĮDIT: Fixed as per pvarela's instructions in #4 (), except no patching was needed for me (/usr/sbin/dropbear already pointed to /opt/libexec/sftp-server) :)Īctually your update reveals that ipkg is pointing to the wrong ipkg list. Updated list of available packages in /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/unslungĬheck the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update' Updated list of available packages in /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/wl500g

Dropbear vs openssh install#

On my wl500g router all I did was install openssh-sftp-server and it worked immediately. Sorry to open up an old thread, but I also have a wl-500g: I saw afterwards that sed comes with busybox, so you should be able to do this trick in place. Sed 's//usr/libexe//opt/libexe/g' dropbearmulti > dropbearmodĪnd then replaced the original binary by the new file, with proper rights. To do this, I transfered the dropbear binary (/opt/sbin/dropbearmulti dropbear is just a link to this file) to my Ubuntu pc and used sed: I did it the lazy and dirty way, simply changing 'usr' to 'opt' right in the binary, and it worked!

I did not feel like setting up a development environment to recompile my own dropbear version. The dropbear version I which got installed following the instructions (0.48.1-1) is hard-coded to launch sftp-server from /usr/libexec while it gets installed on the hdd in /opt/libexec (the standard 'optware' path, hence the name). WARNING : Before you do this trick, it's really wise to reactivate telnet access in rc.local, just in case you screw up your dropbear and lock yourself out of your router. This seems easy, but there is a trick : read through the end. This already gives you secure file transfer through scp, but I needed sftp too. This is done on top of Kfurge's firmware, with dropbear installed according to his instructions from the optware/oleg repository.