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diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-server b/src/monkeysphere-server
index d2cac0e..8139387 100755
--- a/src/monkeysphere-server
+++ b/src/monkeysphere-server
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export SHARE
 VARLIB="/var/lib/monkeysphere"
 export VARLIB
 
-# date in UTF format if needed
+# UTC date in ISO 8601 format if needed
 DATE=$(date -u '+%FT%T')
 
 # unset some environment variables that could screw things up
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ diagnostics() {
     warnwindow='2 months'
     warndate=$(date +%s -d "$warnwindow")
 
+    if ! id monkeysphere >/dev/null ; then
+	echo "! No monkeysphere user found!  Please create a monkeysphere system user."
+    fi
+
+    if ! [ -d "$VARLIB" ] ; then
+	echo "! no $VARLIB directory found.  Please create it."
+    fi
+
     echo "Checking host GPG key..."
     if (( "$keysfound" < 1 )); then
 	echo "! No host key found."