--- loncom/interface/loncreateuser.pm	2015/06/09 21:22:56	1.405
+++ loncom/interface/loncreateuser.pm	2016/08/11 00:09:39	1.406.2.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Create a user
 #
-# $Id: loncreateuser.pm,v 1.405 2015/06/09 21:22:56 damieng Exp $
+# $Id: loncreateuser.pm,v 1.406.2.1 2016/08/11 00:09:39 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2244,8 +2244,8 @@ sub personal_data_display {
                    '<input type="text" name="uname" size="25" value="" autocomplete="off" />';
         $rowcount ++;
         $output .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::row_closure(1);
-        my $upassone = '<input type="password" name="upass'.$now.'" size="10" autocomplete="off" />';
-        my $upasstwo = '<input type="password" name="upasscheck'.$now.'" size="10" autocomplete="off" />';
+        my $upassone = '<input type="password" name="upass'.$now.'" size="20" autocomplete="off" />';
+        my $upasstwo = '<input type="password" name="upasscheck'.$now.'" size="20" autocomplete="off" />';
         $output .= &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::row_title(&mt('Password').'<b>*</b>',
                                                     'LC_pick_box_title',
                                                     'LC_oddrow_value')."\n".
@@ -5746,6 +5746,12 @@ ENDSCRIPT
         $cathash = $domconfig{'coursecategories'}{'cats'};
         $cattype{'auth'} = $domconfig{'coursecategories'}{'auth'};
         $cattype{'unauth'} = $domconfig{'coursecategories'}{'unauth'};
+        if ($cattype{'auth'} eq '') {
+            $cattype{'auth'} = 'std';
+        }
+        if ($cattype{'unauth'} eq '') {
+            $cattype{'unauth'} = 'std';
+        }
     } else {
         $cathash = {};
         $cattype{'auth'} = 'std';