diff --git a/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions b/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions
index d72f509..05c80d7 100755
--- a/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions
+++ b/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ def getCallingUserInfo():
 	@return:	tuple of (name, uid, (groups))
 	"""
 	## are we called via 'super'?
-	if ("SUPERCMD" in os.environ) and ("USER" in os.environ):
+	if ("SUPERCMD" in os.environ) and ("ORIG_USER" in os.environ):
 		## return the user that was calling super
-		return getUserInfo(os.environ["USER"])
+		return getUserInfo(os.environ["ORIG_USER"])
 	else:
 		## return the current user
 		return getUserInfo(os.getuid())