--- /dev/null
+--- busybox-1.00.old/loginutils/passwd.c 2004-09-15 04:39:09.000000000 +0200
++++ busybox-1.00/loginutils/passwd.c 2005-03-23 15:31:07.000000000 +0100
+@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@
+ snprintf(filename, sizeof filename, "%s", bb_path_passwd_file);
+ }
+
+- if (((fp = fopen(filename, "r+")) == 0) || (fstat(fileno(fp), &sb))) {
++ if (((fp = fopen(filename, "r")) == 0) || (fstat(fileno(fp), &sb))) {
+ /* return 0; */
+ return 1;
+ }
+
++#if 0
+ /* Lock the password file before updating */
+ lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+ lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
+ return 1;
+ }
+ lock.l_type = F_UNLCK;
++#endif
+
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s-", filename);
+ if (create_backup(buf, fp)) {
+@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@
+ fclose(fp);
+ return 1;
+ }
++ unlink(filename);
+ if (rename(buf, filename) < 0) {
+ fcntl(fileno(fp), F_SETLK, &lock);
+ fclose(fp);