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Having slight issue with my Lion install. I removed the password from the admin account as it's not desired. However when I'm on the login screen, it wont accept the blank password. It shows the user account and a password box, and when you enter wrong password it gives you the hint.

The only way I've found to get in is by constantly spamming the user icon until it logs in.

Has anybody else experienced this or knows of a fix?

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It is not usually possible to use a blank password for an admin account., so it appears you're using an unsupported configuration and shouldn't wonder why it doesn't work. – Daniel Beck Dec 4 '11 at 19:51
Some password prompts in the shell (such as those displayed by sudo by default) shouldn't accept an empty password either. – Lri Dec 5 '11 at 4:11
I don't understand why you wouldn't want an password on an admin account. Are you hoping to get hacked, or are you hoping to shoot yourself in the foot, or are you thinking you'll be able to dodge both of those bullets? – Spiff Dec 5 '11 at 6:38
well all I did was go into Users & Accounts, removed the pass. and it works, when system changes are being made the prompt comes up to login, i can just hit enter. and it accepts the blank password happily. also when inside terminal i can use sudo, when it asks for password i just hit return and it logs in happily also. and the reason i don't want a password is. Im not precious with the data on here, if anybody was to steal it then all they need to do is google "reset password osx" and put a disc in. and they have access anyway. hardly worth it no realistic beneficial scenario i need one for. – Owen Melbourne Dec 5 '11 at 13:24
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I clicked on my user icon above the password box and it let me in. Somewhat unexpected functionality if you ask me.

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