diff --git a/Utils/distroutils.py b/Utils/distroutils.py
index 23359e5ec..be06ed2f1 100644
--- a/Utils/distroutils.py
+++ b/Utils/distroutils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 def get_my_distro(config, os_name=None):
     if 'FreeBSD' in platform.system():
         return FreeBSDDistro(config)
-    
+
     if os_name is None:
         if os.path.isfile(constants.os_release):
             os_name = ext_utils.get_line_starting_with("NAME", constants.os_release)
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ def __init__(self, config):
 
 
     # noinspection PyMethodOverriding
-    def chpasswd(self, user, password):
-        return ext_utils.run_send_stdin(['pw', 'usermod', 'user', '-h', '0'], password, log_cmd=False)
+    def chpasswd(self, user, password, **kwargs):
+        return ext_utils.run_send_stdin(['pw', 'usermod', 'user', '-h', '0'], password.encode('utf-8'), log_cmd=False)
 
     def create_account(self, user, password, expiration, thumbprint, enable_nopasswd):
         """
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ def create_account(self, user, password, expiration, thumbprint, enable_nopasswd
             pass
         uidmin = None
         try:
-            if os.path.isfile("/etc/login.defs"):
-                uidmin = int(ext_utils.get_line_starting_with("UID_MIN", "/etc/login.defs").split()[1])
+            if os.path.isfile("/etc/pw.conf"):
+                uidmin = int(ext_utils.get_line_starting_with("minuid", "/etc/pw.conf").split('=')[1].strip(' "'))
         except (ValueError, KeyError, AttributeError, EnvironmentError):
             pass
             pass
@@ -374,9 +374,8 @@ def delete_account(self, user):
             return
         uidmin = None
         try:
-            if os.path.isfile("/etc/login.defs"):
-                uidmin = int(
-                    ext_utils.get_line_starting_with("UID_MIN", "/etc/login.defs").split()[1])
+            if os.path.isfile("/etc/pw.conf"):
+                uidmin = int(ext_utils.get_line_starting_with("minuid", "/etc/pw.conf").split('=')[1].strip(' "'))
         except (ValueError, KeyError, AttributeError, EnvironmentError):
             pass
         if uidmin is None:
@@ -554,4 +553,4 @@ def restart_ssh_service(self):
         retcode = ext_utils.run(ssh_restart_cmd)
         if retcode > 0:
             logger.error("Failed to restart SSH service with return code:" + str(retcode))
-        return retcode
\ No newline at end of file
+        return retcode