diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ff70402..b7e354a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *~
 *.swp
 *.tmp
+wwwuser
diff --git a/chmod b/chmod
index 2ad71634..eb5f3d7b 100755
--- a/chmod
+++ b/chmod
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
 
 GROUP=`id -gn`
 
-if [ -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ]; then
-    wwwdata=`grep ^User /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf|cut -f 2 --delimiter=" "`
-    fi
-
-if [ -f /etc/apache2/apache2.conf ]; then
-    wwwdata=`grep ^User /etc/apache2/apache2.conf|cut -f 2 --delimiter=" "`
-    fi
-    
-if [ -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf ]; then
-    wwwdata=`grep server.user /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf|cut -f 2 -d=`
-    fi
+wwwdata=`head -n1 wwwuser`
 
 echo "Denying Reading, Writing and eXecuting from other users in"
 echo "your home directory $HOME ."
diff --git a/wwwuser b/wwwuser
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bbad189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wwwuser
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+www-data