--- local_users.orig	2005-05-03 13:29:32 +0400
+++ local_users	2005-09-30 19:03:17 +0400
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@
 			done
 			eval "$cmd $params $username &>/dev/null"
 			if [ -n "$need_chpasswd" ];then
-			    printf '%s\n' "$need_chpasswd" |sed 's,^passwd:,,'|sed "s,.*,$username:&,"|/usr/sbin/chpasswd
+			    if [ -z "${need_chpasswd##passwd:}" ]; then
+				usermod -p "" $username || exit 1
+			    else
+				printf '%s\n' "$need_chpasswd" |sed 's,^passwd:,,'|sed "s,.*,$username:&,"|/usr/sbin/chpasswd || exit 1
+			    fi
 			fi
 			are_user_exists "$username" || exit 1
 			exit 0