diff --git a/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow b/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
index eab6b2b8..c75e36f4 100755
--- a/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
+++ b/conf/type/__user/explorer/shadow
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 
 name=$__object_id
 
-grep "^$name" /etc/shadow || true
+getent shadow "$name" || true