diff -urN bs-0.98c8/Makefile.in bs-0.98c8/Makefile.in
--- bs-0.98c8/Makefile.in	2003-10-16 17:10:59.000000000 +0200
+++ bs-0.98c8/Makefile.in	2005-02-28 01:23:07.940984456 +0100
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@
 	
 # GNU id exits nonzero on success.  sigh.
 check:
-	@test `id ${USER} 2>/dev/null | wc -l` = 1 || { \
-	     echo "" >&2; \
-	     echo "user ${USER} does not exist on this system" >&2; \
-	     echo "please use 'make install USER=login if" >&2; \
-	     echo "you'd like to run Big Sister as another user" >&2; \
-	     echo "called login rather than ${USER}" >&2; \
-	     echo "" >&2; \
-	     exit 2; \
-	}
+#	@test `id ${USER} 2>/dev/null | wc -l` = 1 || { \
+#	     echo "" >&2; \
+#	     echo "user ${USER} does not exist on this system" >&2; \
+#	     echo "please use 'make install USER=login if" >&2; \
+#	     echo "you'd like to run Big Sister as another user" >&2; \
+#	     echo "called login rather than ${USER}" >&2; \
+#	     echo "" >&2; \
+#	     exit 2; \
+#	}
 	@[ -d ${DESTDIR}${WEB_DIR}/gifs ] && { \
 	     echo "" >&2; \
 	     echo "***************************" >&2; \