[Bug 1966886] Re: ssh-copy-id and Dropbear Server

[Ramin]

the problem is in this file https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/contrib/ssh-
copy-id

in line 335

dropbear*)
    populate_new_ids 0
    [ "$DRY_RUN" ] || printf '%s\n' "$NEW_IDS" | \
      $SSH "$@" "$(installkeys_sh /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys)" \
      || exit 1
    ADDED=$(printf '%s\n' "$NEW_IDS" | wc -l)
    ;;

dropbear only uses the file /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys if it was patched 
in the upstream version of dropbear the patch is not included

im working with some embedded systems where the file
/etc/dropbear/authorized_keys is not writeable

with older ubuntu systems ssh-copy-id was working 
but since that change in ssh-copy-id can't install the ssh key anymore



** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  ssh-copy-id and Dropbear Server

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  on Dropbear SSH Servers ssh-copy-id installs the key in
  /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

  only the openwrt dropbear server uses that path
  https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/2211ee0037764e1c6b1576fe7a0975722cd4acdc/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/100-pubkey_path.patch

  the upstream dropbear server uses the normal path
  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

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