--- deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/09/02 08:43:46	1.353
+++ deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2007/09/02 12:26:54	1.354
@@ -1415,9 +1415,14 @@
    my @logins;
 
    for my $login (@$dirs) {
-      my $fh = aio_open path $login, Fcntl::O_RDONLY, 0 or next;
-      aio_read $fh, 0, 512, my $buf, 0                  or next;
-      $buf !~ /^password -------------$/m               or next; # official not-valid tag
+      my $path = path $login;
+
+      # a .pst is a dead give-away for a valid player
+      unless (-e "$path.pst") {
+         my $fh = aio_open $path, Fcntl::O_RDONLY, 0 or next;
+         aio_read $fh, 0, 512, my $buf, 0            or next;
+         $buf !~ /^password -------------$/m         or next; # official not-valid tag
+      }
 
       utf8::decode $login;
       push @logins, $login;