Public bug reported: Dropbear initramfs hook copies `/etc/initramfs- tools/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` into initramfs for passwordless login during boot.
The script responsible is `/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/dropbear`. The destination folder is set at line 37: `home=$(mktemp -d "$DESTDIR/root-XXXXXX")` which ends up creating a temp directory in initramfs file, similar to `/root-hZQ48a`, instead of `/root`. Dropbear fails to find `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` at boot and does not allow remote logins. See the contents of a generated initrd with: `cd `mktemp -d` && gzip -dc /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` | cpio -ivd` Setting the $home variable with the following lines should solve the issue: ``` home="$DESTDIR/root" mkdir -p $home ``` ** Affects: dropbear (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645555 Title: Dropbear initramfs hook creates authorized_keys file in an invalid folder To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dropbear/+bug/1645555/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs