diff --git a/bin/ldapuserdir-ctl b/bin/ldapuserdir-ctl
index dd45fe4..14d01ca 100755
--- a/bin/ldapuserdir-ctl
+++ b/bin/ldapuserdir-ctl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from ldapuserdir import LdapUserDir, __version__ as libversion, LdapUserDirError
 import ldap
 import sys
 import os
+import pwd
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import ConfigParser
 import getpass
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ if ',' not in user_dn:
     user_dn = 'CN=' + user_dn + ',' + config['user_ou']
 
 if flag_needprivileges and user_dn == config['default_user_dn']:
+    loginname = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
     try:
         l_unpriv = LdapUserDir(config['serverurl'],
                       config['default_user_dn'],
@@ -295,13 +297,13 @@ if flag_needprivileges and user_dn == config['default_user_dn']:
                       user_ou = config['user_ou'],
                       logger = mylogger)
         try:
-            user_dn = l_unpriv.systemuser2dn(os.getlogin())
+            user_dn = l_unpriv.systemuser2dn(loginname)
         except LdapUserDirError, err:
             if str(err) == 'No such user':
                 sys.stderr.write('''
 Error: Need priviledged user and cannot map your system user "%s"
 to LDAP DN for binding (you may want to use the explicit -D user_dn option)
-''' % os.getlogin() )
+''' % loginname)
                 sys.exit(1)
             else:
                 sys.stderr.write('Uncaught Error: %s' % str(err)) 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/ldapuserdir/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/ldapuserdir/meta.yaml
index 49f5601..cb0f57e 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/ldapuserdir/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/ldapuserdir/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: ldapuserdir
-  version: "2.1.3"
+  version: "2.1.4"
 
 source:
   path: ../../
diff --git a/ldapuserdir/version.py b/ldapuserdir/version.py
index e835b9d..df4be5e 100644
--- a/ldapuserdir/version.py
+++ b/ldapuserdir/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.1.3"
+__version__ = "2.1.4"