diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e13d0ac..5d82c09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
+### Changed
+- Dropped the `users` crate and fixed erroneous user lookups
+  ([Issue](https://github.com/fubarnetes/rctl/pull/5),
+  [PR](https://github.com/fubarnetes/rctl/pull/5))
+
 ## [0.0.5] - 2018-12-20
 ### Added
 - This Changelog
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ed1d64..cc5315c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ libc = "0.2"
 nix = "0.11"
 number_prefix = "0.2"
 sysctl = "0.2"
-users = "0.7"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8c88664..19f2bc5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ extern crate libc;
 extern crate nix;
 extern crate number_prefix;
 extern crate sysctl;
-extern crate users;
 
 pub use nix::sys::signal::Signal;
 use number_prefix::{binary_prefix, Prefix, Prefixed, Standalone};
@@ -89,6 +88,12 @@ pub enum ParseError {
 
     #[fail(display = "Invalid Rule syntax: '{}'", _0)]
     InvalidRuleSyntax(String),
+
+    #[fail(
+        display = "An interior Nul byte was found while attempting to construct a CString: {}",
+        _0
+    )]
+    CStringError(#[cause] NulError),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Fail)]
@@ -117,33 +122,80 @@ mod subject {
     use super::ParseError;
     use libc;
     use std::fmt;
-    use users;
-    use users::{get_user_by_name, get_user_by_uid};
 
     /// Represents a user subject
     #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-    pub struct User(pub users::uid_t);
+    pub struct User(pub libc::uid_t);
 
     impl User {
         pub fn from_uid(uid: libc::uid_t) -> User {
-            User(uid as users::uid_t)
+            User(uid)
         }
 
         pub fn from_name(name: &str) -> Result<User, ParseError> {
-            let uid = get_user_by_name(name)
-                .ok_or_else(|| ParseError::UnknownUser(name.into()))?
-                .uid();
+            // From getpwent(3):
+            //
+            // The functions getpwent_r(), getpwnam_r(), and getpwuid_r()
+            // are thread-safe versions of getpwent(), getpwnam(), and
+            // getpwuid(), respectively.
+            //
+            // The caller must provide storage for the results of the search in
+            // the pwd, buffer, bufsize, and result arguments.
+            let c_name = std::ffi::CString::new(name).map_err(ParseError::CStringError)?;
+            let mut passwd: libc::passwd = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+            const PWBUFLEN: usize = 2048;
+            let mut buf: Vec<libc::c_char> = vec![0; PWBUFLEN];
+            let mut result: *mut libc::passwd = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            unsafe {
+                libc::getpwnam_r(
+                    c_name.as_ptr(),
+                    &mut passwd,
+                    buf.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    buf.len(),
+                    &mut result,
+                );
+            }
+
+            // If an entry is not found or an error occurs, result will be set
+            // to NULL.
+            if result.is_null() {
+                return Err(ParseError::UnknownUser(name.into()));
+            }
 
-            Ok(User::from_uid(uid))
+            // When these functions are successful, the pwd argument will be
+            // filled-in, and a pointer to that argument will be stored in
+            // result.
+            assert_eq!(result, &mut passwd as *mut libc::passwd);
+            Ok(User::from_uid(passwd.pw_uid))
         }
     }
 
     impl fmt::Display for User {
         fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-            match get_user_by_uid(self.0) {
-                Some(user) => write!(f, "user:{}", user.name()),
-                None => write!(f, "user:{}", self.0),
+            let mut passwd: libc::passwd = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+            const PWBUFLEN: usize = 2048;
+            let mut buf: Vec<libc::c_char> = vec![0; PWBUFLEN];
+            let mut result: *mut libc::passwd = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            unsafe {
+                libc::getpwuid_r(
+                    self.0,
+                    &mut passwd,
+                    buf.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    buf.len(),
+                    &mut result,
+                );
             }
+
+            // If an entry is not found or an error occurs, result will be set
+            // to NULL.
+            if result.is_null() {
+                return write!(f, "user:{}", self.0);
+            }
+
+            let name = unsafe { std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(passwd.pw_name) };
+            write!(f, "user:{}", name.to_string_lossy())
         }
     }
 
@@ -204,6 +256,7 @@ mod subject {
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod tests {
         use super::*;
+        use std::process::Command;
 
         #[test]
         fn display_jail_name() {
@@ -230,6 +283,24 @@ mod subject {
                 "loginclass:test".to_string()
             );
         }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn from_name() {
+            let nobody = User::from_name("nobody").expect("no nobody user");
+
+            // Get the UID using the `getent` command.
+            let uid_nobody = Command::new("id")
+                .args(&["-u", "nobody"])
+                .output()
+                .expect("failed to run `id -u nobody`");
+
+            let uid_nobody: libc::uid_t = String::from_utf8_lossy(&uid_nobody.stdout)
+                .trim()
+                .parse()
+                .expect("Could not parse UID");
+
+            assert_eq!(User::from_uid(uid_nobody), nobody);
+        }
     }
 }