Password Program Not Working Correctly

[austin_gassert]

So I just started learning Java, and I'm writing a program that is supposed to ask the user for a password, then checks it with a stored variable that has the password, and if correct it states "Correct", if incorrect it states "Incorrect password, please try again" and if left blank it states "Please enter a password". I have fixed the obvious bugs, and it compiled. But the bug I'm having is it always says the password is incorrect. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong, but I think the user input isn't being stored correctly. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also, sorry if my spacing is crappy, suggestions welcome. Here's the code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Password {
	
	public static void main (String [] args) {
	
	Scanner pass_input=new Scanner(System.in);
	
	String pass;
	System.out.println("Enter Password:");
	pass = pass_input.next();
    
	if (pass=="lulz") {
		System.out.println("Correct");
	}
	
	else if (pass=="") {
		System.out.println("Please enter a password.");
	}
	
	else {
		System.out.println("Incorrect password. Please try again");
	}
 
  }
    
}

[JosAH]

Never compare two Strings for equality with the == operator; use the String.equals( ... ) method instead.

kind regards,

Jos

ps. I think I typed this a thousand times now, so I deserve a reward ...

[austin_gassert]

Thanks Jos! You want a reward, well here it is:http://tinyurl.com/co9t797