1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/add-user b/add-user
index 4b761e2..894a4d3 100755
--- a/add-user
+++ b/add-user
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ name=$3				# name of the user
 dir=$4				# home directory
 shell=$5			# shell
 
-if ! id $name /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ! getent passwd $name > /dev/null 2> &1; then
     /usr/sbin/useradd -r -M \
     	-s $shell -d $dir -c "system user for $pkg" $name > /dev/null
 fi