diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' phpki/phpki-0.82/include/openssl_functions.php mezzanine_patched_phpki/phpki-0.82/include/openssl_functions.php
--- phpki/phpki-0.82/include/openssl_functions.php	2010-03-18 16:41:48.000000000 +0100
+++ mezzanine_patched_phpki/phpki-0.82/include/openssl_functions.php	2010-03-18 16:41:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
 	unset($cmd_output);
 	$cmd_output[] = 'Creating certifcate request.';
 
-	if ($passwd) {
+	if (($passwd) && ($passwd != "''")) {
 		exec(REQ." -new -newkey rsa:$keysize -keyout '$userkey' -out '$userreq' -config '$cnf_file' -days '$expiry_days' -passout pass:$passwd  2>&1", $cmd_output, $ret);
 	}
 	else {