diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/interface.go b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/interface.go
index 77475b2048..48481c51a9 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/interface.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type IDiskPartition interface {
 	Exists(sPath string, caseInsensitive bool) bool
 	Chown(sPath string, uid, gid int, caseInsensitive bool) error
 	Chmod(sPath string, mode uint32, caseInsensitive bool) error
-	UserAdd(user, homeDir string, caseInsensitive bool, isSys bool) error
+	CheckOrAddUser(user, homeDir string, isSys bool) (realHomeDir string, err error)
 	Stat(sPath string, caseInsensitive bool) os.FileInfo
 	Symlink(src, dst string, caseInsensitive bool) error
 
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/linux.go b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/linux.go
index 70f08e2073..3804fb7540 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/linux.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/fsdriver/linux.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (l *sLinuxRootFs) DeployHosts(rootFs IDiskPartition, hostname, domain strin
 
 func (l *sLinuxRootFs) GetLoginAccount(rootFs IDiskPartition, sUser string, defaultRootUser bool, windowsDefaultAdminUser bool) (string, error) {
 	if len(sUser) > 0 {
-		if err := rootFs.UserAdd(sUser, "", false, false); err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already exists") {
+		if _, err := rootFs.CheckOrAddUser(sUser, "", false); err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already exists") {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("UserAdd %s: %v", sUser, err)
 		}
 		if err := l.EnableUserSudo(rootFs, sUser); err != nil {
@@ -156,11 +156,13 @@ func (l *sLinuxRootFs) DeployYunionroot(rootFs IDiskPartition, pubkeys *deployap
 	}
 	var yunionroot = YUNIONROOT_USER
 	rootdir := path.Join(cloudrootDirectory, yunionroot)
-	if err := rootFs.UserAdd(yunionroot, cloudrootDirectory, false, true); err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already exists") {
-		log.Errorf("UserAdd %s: %v", yunionroot, err)
+	var err error
+	if rootdir, err = rootFs.CheckOrAddUser(yunionroot, cloudrootDirectory, true); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to CheckOrAddUser")
 	}
-	err := DeployAuthorizedKeys(rootFs, rootdir, pubkeys, true)
+	err = DeployAuthorizedKeys(rootFs, rootdir, pubkeys, true)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Infof("DeployAuthorizedKeys error: %s", err.Error())
 		return fmt.Errorf("DeployAuthorizedKeys: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err := l.EnableUserSudo(rootFs, yunionroot); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/kvmpart/localfs.go b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/kvmpart/localfs.go
index 6edd1199aa..1ec2a31a66 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/kvmpart/localfs.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/kvmpart/localfs.go
@@ -222,7 +222,38 @@ func (f *SLocalGuestFS) Chmod(sPath string, mode uint32, caseInsensitive bool) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (f *SLocalGuestFS) UserAdd(user, homeDir string, caseInsensitive bool, isSys bool) error {
+func (f *SLocalGuestFS) CheckOrAddUser(user, homeDir string, isSys bool) (realHomeDir string, err error) {
+	var exist bool
+	if exist, realHomeDir, err = f.checkUser(user); err != nil || exist {
+		return
+	}
+	return path.Join(homeDir, user), f.userAdd(user, homeDir, isSys)
+}
+
+func (f *SLocalGuestFS) checkUser(user string) (exist bool, homeDir string, err error) {
+	cmd := []string{"chroot", f.mountPath, "cat", "/etc/passwd"}
+	command := procutils.NewCommand(cmd[0], cmd[1:]...)
+	output, err := command.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n")
+	for i := len(lines) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		userInfos := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(lines[i]), ":")
+		if len(userInfos) < 6 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if userInfos[0] != user {
+			continue
+		}
+		exist = true
+		homeDir = userInfos[5]
+		break
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (f *SLocalGuestFS) userAdd(user, homeDir string, isSys bool) error {
 	if err := f.Mkdir(homeDir, 0755, false); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "Mkdir")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/sshpart/sshpart.go b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/sshpart/sshpart.go
index 5193e9a4bc..f1de51dccb 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestfs/sshpart/sshpart.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestfs/sshpart/sshpart.go
@@ -395,7 +395,37 @@ func (p *SSHPartition) Remove(sPath string, caseInsensitive bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *SSHPartition) UserAdd(user, homeDir string, caseInsensitive bool, isSys bool) error {
+func (p *SSHPartition) CheckOrAddUser(user, homeDir string, isSys bool) (realHomeDir string, err error) {
+	var exist bool
+	if exist, realHomeDir, err = p.checkUser(user); err != nil || exist {
+		return
+	}
+	return path.Join(homeDir, user), p.userAdd(user, homeDir, isSys)
+}
+
+func (p *SSHPartition) checkUser(user string) (exist bool, homeDir string, err error) {
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/sbin/chroot %s /usr/bin/cat /etc/passwd", p.mountPath)
+	lines, err := p.term.Run(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Debugf("exec command 'cat /etc/passwd', output: %v", lines)
+	for i := len(lines) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		userInfos := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(lines[i]), ":")
+		if len(userInfos) < 6 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if userInfos[0] != user {
+			continue
+		}
+		exist = true
+		homeDir = userInfos[5]
+		break
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (p *SSHPartition) userAdd(user, homeDir string, isSys bool) error {
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("/usr/sbin/chroot %s /usr/sbin/useradd -m -s /bin/bash %s", p.mountPath, user)
 	if isSys {
 		cmd += " -r"