[Unit] Description=Dropbear SSH daemon After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service [Service] # If /etc/dropbear is a symlink to /var/run/dropbear, and # - the filesystem is RO (i.e. we can not rm the symlink), # create the directory pointed to by the symlink. # - the filesystem is RW (i.e. we can rm the symlink), # replace the symlink with an actual directory ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '\ if [ -L /etc/dropbear \ -a "$(readlink /etc/dropbear)" = "/var/run/dropbear" ]; then \ if rm -f /etc/dropbear >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ mkdir -p /etc/dropbear; \ else \ echo "No persistent location to store SSH host keys. New keys will be"; \ echo "generated at each boot. Are you sure this is what you want to do?"; \ mkdir -p "$(readlink /etc/dropbear)"; \ fi; \ fi' ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dropbear -F -R ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target