cant use -i options!!

[HolyTruth]

when i use -i options with :

dropbear -F -E -i -R -p 6666

it won't work like this:

[12365] Apr 29 17:41:17 Early exit: Failed socket address: Socket operation on non-socket

plz help!!!

os : Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
build : dropbear 2024.85

build command:

git clone https://github.com/mkj/dropbear.git
./configure
make PROGRAMS="dropbear dbclient dropbearkey dropbearconvert scp"

[mkj]

What are you trying to use -i for? It's intended to be used from inetd or systemd or similar, where a separate program listens on the network socket then passes the file descriptor to dropbear. It won't work from the commandline.