added Ben's password placeholder entry kludge

[slock.git] / slock.c

diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index 12b8d4d..320ed2b 100644 (file)
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ getpw(void) { /* only run as root */
        rval =  pw->pw_passwd;
 
 #if HAVE_SHADOW_H
-       {
+       if (strlen(rval) >= 1) { /* kludge, assumes pw placeholder entry has len >= 1 */
                struct spwd *sp;
                sp = getspnam(getenv("USER"));
                if(!sp)