1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/correct_password.c b/libbb/correct_password.c
index 815c51c43..f1793cd17 100644
--- a/libbb/correct_password.c
+++ b/libbb/correct_password.c
@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ int correct_password(const struct passwd *pw)
                 struct spwd spw;
                 struct spwd *result;
                 char buffer[256];
-                if (getspnam_r(pw->pw_name, &spw, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &result) == 0)
-                        correct = spw.sp_pwdp;
-                /* else: no valid shadow password, checking ordinary one */
+                correct = (getspnam_r(pw->pw_name, &spw, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &result)) ? "aa" : spw.sp_pwdp;
         }
 #endif
 
-        if (!correct || correct[0] == '\0')
+        if (!correct[0]) /* empty password field? */
                 return 1;
 
  fake_it: