LinuxQuestions.org - PAM: user{add,del} asks for password

Hi.
I have recently installed PAM on my new LFS system.

Now, when I do 'useradd test', it asks me for a password.
Which password is it asking for!?!

Whatever password I put in, I get useradd: PAM authentication failed

The same thing happens with userdel, and I assume groupadd/groupdel.

I have somehow got past this password prompt a few times before (I can't work out how now), and then it asks me for a new password- even if I am deleting a user! Who is the new password for?

How can I make it so that these programs don't ask for any passwords, and create users with no password and disabled accounts ("x" or "!" for the password field in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow), like they do without PAM?

My current PAM config (in /etc/pam.d) is:
login:

Code:

auth            required        pam_securetty.so

#auth          sufficient      pam_rootok.so

auth            required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok

account        required        pam_unix.so

password        required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok

#password      required        pam_cracklib.so retry=3

#password      required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok use_authtok

session        required        pam_unix.so

su:

Code:

auth            sufficient      pam_rootok.so

auth            required        pam_unix_auth.so

account        required        pam_unix.so

password        required        pam_unix.so

session        required        pam_unix.so

useradd:

Code:

auth            required        pam_securetty.so

#auth          sufficient      pam_rootok.so

auth            required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok

account        required        pam_unix.so

password        required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok

#password      required        pam_cracklib.so retry=3

#password      required        pam_unix.so shadow nullok use_authtok

session        required        pam_unix.so

OTHER:

Code:

#

# default; wake up! This application is not configured

#

auth    required      pam_warn.so

password required      pam_warn.so



#

# default; standard UN*X access

#

#auth    sufficient    pam_rootok.so

auth    required      pam_unix.so

account  required      pam_unix.so

password required      pam_unix.so

session  required      pam_unix.so

Thanks in advance
Simon