diff -Naur mdkinst.orig/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps.pm mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps.pm
--- mdkinst.orig/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps.pm	Wed Dec 27 04:50:00 2000
+++ mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps.pm	Wed Feb 21 03:51:05 2001
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@
 	    chomp;
 	    my %l; @l{@etc_pass_fields} = split ':';
 	    add2hash($u, \%l);
+	    if ($u->{password} eq ""){
+		$u->{pw}="";
+	    }
 	    $_ = join(':', @$u{@etc_pass_fields}) . "\n";
 	}
 	print F $_;
diff -Naur mdkinst.orig/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm
--- mdkinst.orig/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm	Wed Feb  7 00:45:00 2001
+++ mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_interactive.pm	Wed Feb 21 05:44:52 2001
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
     my $nis = $o->{authentication}{NIS};
     $sup->{password2} ||= $sup->{password} ||= "";
 
-    return if $o->{security} < 1 && !$clicked;
+#    return if $o->{security} < 1 && !$clicked;
 
     $o->set_help("setRootPassword", 
 		 $o->{installClass} =~ "server" || $::expert ? "setRootPasswordMd5" : (),
@@ -772,8 +772,9 @@
 			       and $o->ask_warn('', _("This password is too simple (must be at least %d characters long)", 2 * $o->{security})), return (1,0);
 			     return 0
 			 }
-    ) or return;
-
+#    ) or return;
+     );
+     
     $o->{authentication}{NIS} &&= $nis;
     $o->ask_from_entries_ref('',
 			     _("Authentification NIS"),
@@ -790,16 +791,16 @@
 sub addUser {
     my ($o, $clicked) = @_;
     my $u = $o->{user} ||= {};
-    if ($o->{security} < 1) {
-	add2hash_($u, { name => "mandrake", password => "mandrake", realname => "default", icon => 'automagic' });
-	$o->{users} ||= [ $u ];
-    }
+#    if ($o->{security} < 1) {
+#	add2hash_($u, { name => "mandrake", password => "mandrake", realname => "default", icon => 'automagic' });
+#	$o->{users} ||= [ $u ];
+#    }
     $u->{password2} ||= $u->{password} ||= "";
     $u->{shell} ||= "/bin/bash";
     my @fields = qw(realname name password password2);
     my @shells = map { chomp; $_ } cat_("$o->{prefix}/etc/shells");
 
-    if (($o->{security} >= 1 || $clicked)) {
+#    if (($o->{security} >= 1 || $clicked)) {
 	$u->{icon} = translate($u->{icon});
 	if ($o->ask_from_entries_refH(
         [ _("Add user"), _("Accept user"), $o->{security} >= 4 && !@{$o->{users}} ? () : _("Done") ],
@@ -834,7 +835,7 @@
 	    $o->{user} = {};
 	    goto &addUser;
 	}
-    }
+#    }
     install_steps::addUser($o);
 }
 
@@ -845,7 +846,7 @@
 sub createBootdisk {
     my ($o, $first_time) = @_;
 
-    return if $first_time && $::beginner;
+#    return if $first_time && $::beginner;
 
     if (arch() =~ /sparc/) {