The GnuDIP package has a server component that is supposed to run as a non-root user. As such, I've created a gnudip user/group for it. As part of the installation scripts, I'd like to determine if the user already exists, so that i know whether or not i need to create/delete the user. How does one do this? randolph -- Debian Developer <tausq@debian.org> http://www.TauSq.org/