diff -uarN dropbear-0.50.orig/options.h dropbear-0.50/options.h
--- dropbear-0.50.orig/options.h 2007-08-08 17:39:37.000000000 +0200
+++ dropbear-0.50/options.h 2008-02-01 00:22:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@
* SSH_ASKPASS instead. Comment out this var to remove this functionality.*/
#define DROPBEAR_PASSWORD_ENV "DROPBEAR_PASSWORD"
+/* disable server empty password check because root has no password on EZX */
+#define DISABLE_SVR_EMPTY_PASSWD_CHECK
+
/* Define this (as well as ENABLE_CLI_PASSWORD_AUTH) to allow the use of
* a helper program for the ssh client. The helper program should be
* specified in the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable, and dbclient
diff -uarN dropbear-0.50.orig/svr-auth.c dropbear-0.50/svr-auth.c
--- dropbear-0.50.orig/svr-auth.c 2007-08-08 17:39:37.000000000 +0200
+++ dropbear-0.50/svr-auth.c 2008-02-01 00:22:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
}
+#ifndef DISABLE_SVR_EMPTY_PASSWD_CHECK
/* check for an empty password */
if (ses.authstate.pw->pw_passwd[0] == '\0') {
TRACE(("leave checkusername: empty pword"))
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@
send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
}
+#endif
TRACE(("shell is %s", ses.authstate.pw->pw_shell))
+#ifndef DISABLE_SVR_EMPTY_PASSWD_CHECK
/* check for empty password - need to do this again here
* since the shadow password may differ to that tested
* in auth.c */
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
return;
}
+#endif
/* check if client wants to change password */
changepw = buf_getbool(ses.payload);
