diff --git a/plugins/glassfish/_glassfish b/plugins/glassfish/_glassfish
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diff --git a/plugins/glassfish/glassfish.plugin.zsh b/plugins/glassfish/glassfish.plugin.zsh
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+# if there is a user named 'glassfish' on the system, we'll assume
+# that is the user asadmin should be run as
+grep -e '^glassfish' /etc/passwd > /dev/null && alias asadmin='sudo -u glassfish asadmin'
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