Modify the default path of dropbear to include /sbin and /usr/sbin. Index: buildroot/package/dropbear/0001-defaultpath.patch =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ buildroot/package/dropbear/0001-defaultpath.patch 2017-10-02 13:32:32.197369170 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +diff -Naur a/options.h b/options.h +--- a/options.h 2017-10-02 10:40:56.591817649 -0400 ++++ b/options.h 2017-10-02 13:31:45.493262641 -0400 +@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ + #define DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT 0 + + /* The default path. This will often get replaced by the shell */ +-#define DEFAULT_PATH "/usr/bin:/bin" ++#define DEFAULT_PATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" + + /* Some other defines (that mostly should be left alone) are defined + * in sysoptions.h */ +