echo -n "Starting dropbear sshd: "
umask 077
- # If /etc/dropbear is not a directory, and
+ # 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
- if ! [ -d /etc/dropbear ]; then
+ if [ -L /etc/dropbear \
+ -a "$(readlink -f /etc/dropbear)" = "/var/run/dropbear" ]
+ then
if rm -f /etc/dropbear; then
mkdir -p /etc/dropbear
else
After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service
[Service]
-# If /etc/dropbear is not a directory, and
+# If /etc/dropbear is a symlink to /var/run/dropbear, and
# - the filesystem is RO (i.e. we can not rm the symlink),
# create the directory pointed to by the symlink.
# - the filesystem is RW (i.e. we can rm the symlink),
# replace the symlink with an actual directory
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '\
-if ! [ -d /etc/dropbear ]; then \
+if [ -L /etc/dropbear \
+ -a "$(readlink -f /etc/dropbear)" = "/var/run/dropbear" ]; then \
if rm -f /etc/dropbear; then \
mkdir -p /etc/dropbear; \
else \