diff -Nur dropbear-2020.81.orig/svr-authpasswd.c dropbear-2020.81/svr-authpasswd.c
--- dropbear-2020.81.orig/svr-authpasswd.c	2020-10-29 08:35:50.000000000 -0500
+++ dropbear-2020.81/svr-authpasswd.c	2020-12-06 02:20:50.744491126 -0600
@@ -98,12 +98,16 @@
 	}
 
 	/* check for empty password */
+	/* Yep, good idea, but for our usage, it's okay - dropbear has to be
+	   started manually in the installer, so setting a password or not is
+	   up to the admin
 	if (passwdcrypt[0] == '\0') {
 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "User '%s' has blank password, rejected",
 				ses.authstate.pw_name);
 		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
 		return;
 	}
+	*/
 
 	if (constant_time_strcmp(testcrypt, passwdcrypt) == 0) {
 		/* successful authentication */