diff --git a/gestion/ldap_passwd.py b/gestion/ldap_passwd.py
index 5e853e53..300674b0 100644
--- a/gestion/ldap_passwd.py
+++ b/gestion/ldap_passwd.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: iso8859-15 -*-
 ###############################################################################
 # ldap_passwd.py : manipulation des mots de passes LDAP
-# $Id: ldap_passwd.py,v 1.4 2006-04-28 00:12:40 chove Exp $
+# $Id: ldap_passwd.py,v 1.5 2006-04-28 00:22:37 chove Exp $
 ###############################################################################
 # The authors of this code are 
 #   Bjorn Ove Grotan <bgrotan@grotan.com>
@@ -78,12 +78,15 @@ def getsalt(chars=string.letters+string.digits, length=16):
         salt += random.choice(chars)
     return salt
 
-def mkpasswd(pwd, sambaver=3, algo='SSHA', salt=getsalt()):
+def mkpasswd(pwd, sambaver=3, algo='SSHA', salt=None):
     ''' Make a given password cryptated, possibly with different 
         crypt-algorihtms. This module was written for use with 
         LDAP - so default is seeded sha
     '''
 
+    if salt == None:
+        salt = getsalt()
+    
     algo = algo.lower()
     if algo not in algos.keys():
         raise TypeError, 'Algorithm <%s> not supported in this version.' % algo