--- loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl	2012/12/18 13:05:41	1.24
+++ loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl	2013/12/20 21:13:02	1.26
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ make_domain_coordinator.pl - Make a doma
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # make_domain_coordinator.pl - Make a domain coordinator on a system
 #
-# $Id: make_domain_coordinator.pl,v 1.24 2012/12/18 13:05:41 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: make_domain_coordinator.pl,v 1.26 2013/12/20 21:13:02 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
 #
@@ -360,12 +360,19 @@ if ($pbad) {
           "\n");
 }
  
-my $distro;
+my ($distro,$nostdin);
 if (open(PIPE,"perl distprobe|")) {
     $distro = <PIPE>;
     close(PIPE);
 }
 if ($distro =~ /^ubuntu|debian/) {
+    $nostdin = 1;
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^suse([\d.]+)$/) {
+    if ($1 > 12.2) {
+        $nostdin = 1;
+    }
+}
+if ($nostdin) {
     open(OUT,"|usermod -p `mkpasswd $passwd` $username");
     close(OUT);
 } else {