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Currently, there are some odd upstream bugs with Dropbear which make it difficult to implement keys reliably. Most systems want local user keys (~/.ssh/authorized_keys) and others (particularly OpenWRT) want keys in /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys; I've even seen an instance where someone used /etc/.ssh. When OpenSSH (think of ssh-copy-id) interfaces with a Dropbear server, it defaults to /etc/dropbear/ no matter if it works or not.

Making matters worse, some systems are picky about using the keys in the right location; even with correct permissions. I know the bug with ssh-copy-id hasn't been fixed since it appeared in 2021, and I don't think it will be anytime soon. So, a solution would be to import the keys manually (move with ssh does work) and then make Dropbear acknowledge them (method unknown). I'll further research this and see what can be done, but for now be advised SSH-Key-Builder only works with OpenSSH.