diff --git a/hsarback/src/de/hsadmin/mods/user/UnixUserProcessorFactory.java b/hsarback/src/de/hsadmin/mods/user/UnixUserProcessorFactory.java
index 196e638..3cd5d91 100644
--- a/hsarback/src/de/hsadmin/mods/user/UnixUserProcessorFactory.java
+++ b/hsarback/src/de/hsadmin/mods/user/UnixUserProcessorFactory.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class UnixUserProcessorFactory implements EntityProcessorFactory {
 		UnixUser user = (UnixUser) entity;
 		String uid = user.getName();
 		if (uid != null && uid.length() > 4) {
-			Processor killProcessesProc = new ShellProcessor("killall -u " + uid);
+			Processor killProcessesProc = new ShellProcessor("killall -u " + uid + " || echo -n 'no processes'");
 			Processor userdelProc = null;
 			if (user.isDefaultHomedir()) {
 				userdelProc = new ShellProcessor("userdel " + uid + " && rm -rf '" + user.getHomedir() + "'");