diff --git a/auth/docker/drun.sh b/auth/docker/drun.sh
index d7d43d6..994bb55 100644
--- a/auth/docker/drun.sh
+++ b/auth/docker/drun.sh
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@
     #--hostname="${AAF_COMPONENT}.${NAMESPACE}" \
     #    --env aaf_locate_url=https://aaf-locate:8095 \
     #	$ADD_HOST \
+    if [ -n "${DUSER}" ]; then
+       THE_USER="--user $DUSER"
+    fi
     $DOCKER run  \
         -d \
-        --user aaf \
+        ${THE_USER} \
         --name aaf-$AAF_COMPONENT \
         ${LINKS} \
         --env AAF_ENV=${AAF_ENV} \