Adding a user with a locked password is a deliberate action.
Set the password to "*************" to stop security(8) from
complaining about the new user.

OK?

Index: adduser.perl
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RCS file: /home/vcs/cvs/openbsd/src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.perl,v
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -p -r1.58 adduser.perl
--- adduser.perl        22 Sep 2011 10:59:23 -0000      1.58
+++ adduser.perl        3 Jan 2013 03:29:54 -0000
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ sub new_users {
        if (&new_users_ok) {
            $new_users_ok = 1;
 
-           $cryptpwd = "*";    # Locked by default
+           $cryptpwd = "*************"; # Locked by default
            $cryptpwd = encrypt($password, &salt) if ($password ne "");
            $log_cl = "" if ($log_cl eq "default");

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