diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dcb44773..04dc0a57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ v0.91.9		16-May-2007
 	mbuseradd:
 		Added check for FreeBSD > 6.0 and use sysctl for security check.
 
+	script:
+		Improved grep in init scripts.
+
 
 v0.91.8		26-Apr-2007 - 16-May-2007
 
diff --git a/script/init.Debian b/script/init.Debian
index 970d00f2..f59f1c88 100644
--- a/script/init.Debian
+++ b/script/init.Debian
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # For Debian SYSV init style.
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "$MBSE_ROOT" = "" ]; then
 	echo "MBSE BBS: No 'mbse' user in the password file."
diff --git a/script/init.FreeBSD b/script/init.FreeBSD
index f08c7793..c07e5345 100644
--- a/script/init.FreeBSD
+++ b/script/init.FreeBSD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
 then
diff --git a/script/init.Gentoo b/script/init.Gentoo
index d4e48108..ffbf04cf 100644
--- a/script/init.Gentoo
+++ b/script/init.Gentoo
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
 
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]; then
 	echo "MBSE BBS: No 'mbse' user in the password file."
diff --git a/script/init.NetBSD b/script/init.NetBSD
index ab5289d3..6a4622be 100644
--- a/script/init.NetBSD
+++ b/script/init.NetBSD
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mbsebbs_start()
     echo -n "Starting mbsebbs:"
 
     # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-    MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+    MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
     if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
     then
diff --git a/script/init.OpenBSD b/script/init.OpenBSD
index 6c4ed6d4..edfa388e 100644
--- a/script/init.OpenBSD
+++ b/script/init.OpenBSD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 echo -n "Starting mbsebbs:"
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
 then
diff --git a/script/init.RedHat b/script/init.RedHat
index 445eafef..7cb0973e 100644
--- a/script/init.RedHat
+++ b/script/init.RedHat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 1
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
 then
diff --git a/script/init.Slackware b/script/init.Slackware
index a95ed10c..3ab4bbaa 100644
--- a/script/init.Slackware
+++ b/script/init.Slackware
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
 then
diff --git a/script/init.SuSE b/script/init.SuSE
index af05edc9..7af88ecb 100644
--- a/script/init.SuSE
+++ b/script/init.SuSE
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 # Find the MBSE_ROOT from the /etc/passwd file.
-MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
+MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ^mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'`
 
 if [ "${MBSE_ROOT}" = "" ]
 then