Index: /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm
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--- /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 24364)
+++ /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 24365)
@@ -1188,5 +1188,11 @@
         $value = $row->{ 'value' };
     };
-    $log->logdie("database error: $@") if $@;
+    if ($@) {
+        if ($@ =~ /user\..*? does not exist/) {
+            # do not log xattr does not exist messages
+            die $@;
+        }
+        $log->logdie("database error: $@") if $@;
+    }
 
     $log->debug("leaving");