1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ship/lib/core b/ship/lib/core
index d6e01352..9a8f2265 100644
--- a/ship/lib/core
+++ b/ship/lib/core
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ line_to_dot(){
   while read line; do printf .; done;
 }
 
-
 get_os()
 {
   # TODO: find all the release files
@@ -74,3 +73,7 @@ get_os()
     echo 'linux'
   fi
 }
+# user management
+has_user(){
+    egrep "^$1:" /etc/passwd >/dev/null
+}