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diff --git a/src/share/common b/src/share/common
index f954bb9..76b539f 100644
--- a/src/share/common
+++ b/src/share/common
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ check_key_file_permissions() {
 
     log debug "checking path permission '$path'..."
 
+    # rewrite path if it points to a symlink
+    if [ -h "$path" ] ; then
+	path=$(readlink -f "$path")
+	log debug "checking path symlink '$path'..."
+    fi
+
     # return 255 if cannot stat file
     if ! stat=$(ls -ld "$path" 2>/dev/null) ; then
         log error "could not stat path '$path'."
@@ -466,6 +472,8 @@ list_users() {
     elif type dscl &>/dev/null ; then
 	# for Darwin systems
 	dscl localhost -list /Search/Users
+    else
+	failure "Neither getent or dscl is in the path!  Could not determine list of users."
     fi
 }
 
@@ -475,6 +483,12 @@ get_homedir() {
     eval "echo ~${uname}"
 }
 
+# return the primary group of a user
+get_primary_group() {
+    local uname=${1:-`whoami`}
+    groups "$uname" | sed 's/^..* : //' | awk '{ print $1 }'
+}
+
 ### CONVERSION UTILITIES
 
 # output the ssh key for a given key ID