dbclient Command Examples

Lightweight Dropbear Secure Shell client. More information: https://manned.org/dbclient.1.

• Connect to a remote host:

dbclient {{user}}@{{host}}

• Connect to a remote host on [p]ort 2222:

dbclient {{user}}@{{host}} -p 2222

• Connect to a remote host using a specific [i]dentity key in dropbear format:

dbclient -i {{path/to/key_file}} {{user}}@{{host}}

• Run a command on the remote host with a [t]ty allocation allowing interaction with the remote command:

dbclient {{user}}@{{host}} -t {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

• Connect and forward [A]gent connections to remote host:

dbclient -A {{user}}@{{host}}