--- liboobs-2.22.0~/oobs/oobs-usersconfig.c	2008-01-02 15:06:41.000000000 +0100
+++ liboobs-2.22.0/oobs/oobs-usersconfig.c	2009-01-12 20:28:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
   gchar *name, *room_number, *work_phone, *home_phone, *other_data;
   DBusMessageIter struct_iter, data_iter;
 
+  int password_allocated_by_glibP = 1;
   g_object_get (user,
 		"name", &login,
 		"crypted-password", &password,
@@ -359,7 +360,12 @@
 		"other-data", &other_data,
 		NULL);
 
-  g_return_val_if_fail ((login && password && homedir && shell), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail ((login && homedir && shell), FALSE);
+
+  if (! password) {
+    password = "" ;
+    password_allocated_by_glibP = 0;
+  }
 
   group = oobs_user_get_main_group (user);
   gid = oobs_group_get_gid (group);
@@ -387,7 +393,8 @@
   dbus_message_iter_close_container (array_iter, &struct_iter);
 
   g_free (login);
-  g_free (password);
+  if (password_allocated_by_glibP)
+    g_free (password);
   g_free (shell);
   g_free (homedir);
   g_free (name);