--- loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl	2008/03/03 15:25:02	1.15
+++ loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl	2009/07/17 01:11:11	1.16
@@ -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 1.15 2008/03/03 15:25:02 www Exp $
+# $Id: make_domain_coordinator.pl,v 1.16 2009/07/17 01:11:11 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
 #
@@ -304,9 +304,20 @@ foreach (split(//,$passwd)) {if ((ord($_
 if ($pbad) {
     die('Password must consist of standard ASCII characters'."\n");
 }
-open(OUT,"|passwd --stdin $username");
-print(OUT $passwd."\n");
-close(OUT);
+ 
+my $distro;
+if (open(PIPE,"perl distprobe|")) {
+    $distro = <PIPE>;
+    close(PIPE);
+}
+if ($distro =~ /^ubuntu|debian/) {
+    open(OUT,"|usermod -p `mkpasswd $passwd` $username");
+    close(OUT);
+} else {
+    open(OUT,"|passwd --stdin $username");
+    print(OUT $passwd."\n");
+    close(OUT);
+}
 
 =pod