--- freenx-0.4.4/nxserver.orig	Fri Aug  5 12:38:44 2005
+++ freenx-0.4.4/nxserver	Tue Aug  9 15:24:19 2005
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/local/bin/bash
 
 # Free implementation of nxserver components
 #
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 	
 	[ ${#CMD_CHUSER} -ge 32 ] && cmd_abort "Error: User $CMD_CHUSER must be shorter than 32 characters."
 	egrep -q "^$CMD_CHUSER:" $NX_ETC_DIR/passwords && cmd_abort "Error: User $CMD_CHUSER already in database."
-	getent passwd "$CMD_CHUSER" >/dev/null || cmd_abort "Error: User $CMD_CHUSER not existing on local system. Can't add."
+	cat /etc/passwd | egrep -q "^$CMD_CHUSER:" || cmd_abort "Error: User $CMD_CHUSER not existing on local system. Can't add."
 	passdb_add_user "$CMD_CHUSER"
 }