diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 573e897..41a2f38 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ usermode-1.75.tar.bz2
 usermode-1.76.tar.bz2
 usermode-1.77.tar.bz2
 usermode-1.78.tar.bz2
+usermode-1.79.tar.bz2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3c18c84..9968d1f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-07df49dc423391510e0b89ec33b6cf90  usermode-1.78.tar.bz2
+30e16b96558a31308bff9a95fd39914f  usermode-1.79.tar.bz2
diff --git a/usermode.spec b/usermode.spec
index c1a3200..c7dc878 100644
--- a/usermode.spec
+++ b/usermode.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %define build6x 0
 Summary: Tools for certain user account management tasks.
 Name: usermode
-Version: 1.78
-Release: 2
+Version: 1.79
+Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/System
 Source: usermode-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/applications/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 02 2005 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@rdhat.com> 1.79-1
+- fix problem with root passwords starting with space (#124980)
+
 * Wed Feb 16 2005 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@rdhat.com> 1.78-2
 - add $RPM_OPT_FLAGS to CFLAGS