Re: [gentoo-embedded] dropbear and telnetd problem

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Jakub Ladman wrote:
> I want to use dropbear as a ssh server
> I have got it via emerge, generated keys folowing code 
> in /etc/init.d/dropbear, changed passwd in baselaout-lite environment, ran 
> dropbear, but when i tryed to connect it hangs after password entering 
> (password is ok, error is reported if is not)
> No prompt, no shell.
> What have i forgotten?
> 

Make sure you have a valid /etc/shells defined, and include /bin/sh and 
/bin/ash.  That one hung me up for a while.  Enabling dropbear via debug 
foreground mode may also reveal where else it fails if shells doesn't fix your 
issue.


--Kumba

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