diff --git a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
index 151dfda030ef61cf32b620f3db98ace4b6a19ce1..c3e112c7f4733c4a69a8ae9dd5786a7da05d874c 100755
--- a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
@@ -77,15 +77,16 @@ class shelluser_base_plugin {
 			$uid = intval($app->system->getuid($data['new']['puser']));
 			if($uid > $this->min_uid) {
 				$command = 'useradd';
-				$command .= ' --home '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['dir']);
-				$command .= ' --gid '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['pgroup']);
-				$command .= ' --non-unique ';
-				$command .= ' --password '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['password']);
-				$command .= ' --shell '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['shell']);
-				$command .= ' --uid '.escapeshellcmd($uid);
+				$command .= ' -d '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['dir']);
+				$command .= ' -g '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['pgroup']);
+				$command .= ' -o '; // non unique
+				if($data['new']['password'] != '') $command .= ' -p '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['password']);
+				$command .= ' -s '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['shell']);
+				$command .= ' -u '.escapeshellcmd($uid);
 				$command .= ' '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['username']);
 			
 				exec($command);
+				$app->log("Executed command: ".$command,LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
 				$app->log("Added shelluser: ".$data['new']['username'],LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
 				
 				//* Disable shell user temporarily if we use jailkit
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class shelluser_base_plugin {
 					$command .= ' '.escapeshellcmd($data['old']['username']);
 			
 					exec($command);
-					// $app->log("Updated shelluser: $command ",LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
+					$app->log("Executed command: $command ",LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
 					$app->log("Updated shelluser: ".$data['old']['username'],LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
 				} else {
 					// The user does not exist, so we insert it now
diff --git a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
index 666251b579cd845eff2c4898edf40aaf76d015c0..13705c09f05f89a244959576e93d3389db13bd7e 100755
--- a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ class shelluser_jailkit_plugin {
 			$jailkit_chroot_userhome = $this->_get_home_dir($this->data['new']['username']);
 			$jailkit_chroot_puserhome = $this->_get_home_dir($this->data['new']['puser']);
 			
+			if(!is_dir($this->data['new']['dir'].'/etc')) mkdir($this->data['new']['dir'].'/etc');
+			if(!is_file($this->data['new']['dir'].'/etc/passwd')) exec('touch '.$this->data['new']['dir'].'/etc/passwd');
+			
 			// IMPORTANT!
 			// ALWAYS create the user. Even if the user was created before
 			// if we check if the user exists, then a update (no shell -> jailkit) will not work
diff --git a/server/scripts/create_jailkit_user.sh b/server/scripts/create_jailkit_user.sh
index 893046c5220ca8606bfba6f2dfd17d209b728874..efe06031c4c6861a0910edc8ec09299bdca453ed 100755
--- a/server/scripts/create_jailkit_user.sh
+++ b/server/scripts/create_jailkit_user.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CHROOT_P_USER=$5
 CHROOT_P_USER_HOMEDIR=$6
 
 ### Add the chroot user ###
-jk_jailuser  -s $CHROOT_SHELL -j $CHROOT_HOMEDIR $CHROOT_USERNAME
+jk_jailuser -n -s $CHROOT_SHELL -j $CHROOT_HOMEDIR $CHROOT_USERNAME
 
 ### Reconfigure the chroot home directory for the user ###
 usermod --home=$CHROOT_HOMEDIR/.$CHROOT_USERHOMEDIR $CHROOT_USERNAME