--- /dev/null
+diff -urN busybox.old/networking/httpd.c busybox.dev/networking/httpd.c
+--- busybox.old/networking/httpd.c 2004-10-08 10:03:29.000000000 +0200
++++ busybox.dev/networking/httpd.c 2006-02-04 01:54:19.688016250 +0100
+@@ -1467,12 +1467,22 @@
+ {
+ char *cipher;
+ char *pp;
++ char *ppnew = NULL;
++ struct passwd *pwd = NULL;
+
+ if(strncmp(p, request, u-request) != 0) {
+ /* user uncompared */
+ continue;
+ }
+ pp = strchr(p, ':');
++ if(pp && pp[1] == '$' && pp[2] == 'p' &&
++ pp[3] == '$' && pp[4] &&
++ (pwd = getpwnam(&pp[4])) != NULL) {
++ ppnew = malloc(5 + strlen(pwd->pw_passwd));
++ ppnew[0] = ':';
++ strcpy(ppnew + 1, pwd->pw_passwd);
++ pp = ppnew;
++ }
+ if(pp && pp[1] == '$' && pp[2] == '1' &&
+ pp[3] == '$' && pp[4]) {
+ pp++;
+@@ -1482,6 +1492,10 @@
+ /* unauthorized */
+ continue;
+ }
++ if (ppnew) {
++ free(ppnew);
++ ppnew = NULL;
++ }
+ }
+ #endif
+ if (strcmp(p, request) == 0) {