--- webmin-1.360/miniserv.pl.org	2008-03-19 15:14:46.000000000 -0400
+++ webmin-1.360/miniserv.pl	2008-03-19 15:15:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -2902,6 +2902,7 @@ elsif ($canmode == 1) {
 	}
 elsif ($canmode == 2 || $canmode == 3) {
 	# Attempt PAM or passwd file authentication
+	utf8::encode($pass);
 	local $val = &validate_unix_user($canuser, $pass);
 	print DEBUG "validate_user: unix val=$val\n";
 	if ($val && $sudo) {