--- nxserver	2007-06-20 13:25:18.000000000 +0200
+++ nxserver-neu	2007-06-21 12:29:49.477230627 +0200
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@
 
 removeNXinit () {
 
+  if [ "$system" = "gentoo" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
   runCommand "$RMCOMMAND -f /etc/init.d/nxserver" "Unable to remove '/etc/init.d/nxserver'" "warn"
 
   if [ "$system" = "solaris" ];
@@ -681,6 +685,10 @@
 
 addNXinit () {
 
+ if [ "$system" = "gentoo" ]; then
+   return
+ fi
+
  runCommand "cat $NODE_ROOT/scripts/init/nxserver > /etc/init.d/nxserver" "Unable to create: '/etc/init.d/nxserver'" "warn"
  runCommand "chmod +x /etc/init.d/nxserver" "Cannot set permissions of '/etc/init.d/nxserver' file" "warn"
 
@@ -796,6 +804,11 @@
 
 addNXUserLinux () {
 
+  # does the NX user already exist?
+  if id nx > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    return
+  fi
+
   if [ "x$system" != "xdebian" ]
   then
     sysuser=`useradd --help 2>&1|grep "\-r"`;
@@ -2434,6 +2447,10 @@
   system=fedora
 fi
 
+if [ -d /usr/portage ]; then
+  system=gentoo
+fi
+
 if [ "x$system" = "x" -a -f /etc/release ];
 then
   system=solaris
@@ -2468,6 +2485,7 @@
     "mandrake"           ) ;;
     "fedora"             ) ;;
     "debian"             ) ;;
+    "gentoo"             ) ;;
     "solaris"             ) ;;
     ""                 ) ARGS=-1 && errMsg="$PREFIX $ERROR ERROR: Unable to autodetect the operating system type, please specify it" ;;
     *                  ) ARGS=-1 && errMsg="$PREFIX $ERROR ERROR: Unsupported operating system '$system'" ;;
@@ -2614,14 +2632,6 @@
     procedureUpdateServer
     return 0
   fi
-  
-  result=`id nx 2>&1`
-  if [ $? = 0 ];
-  then
-    printMsg "Cannot add user: nx. User: nx already exists" "error"
-    printMsg "Please try to fix the problem by reinstalling the server" "error"
-    exit 1
-  fi
 
   LOGFILE="$INSTALLOG"
   createLogdirectory