diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 4c65bf7..afc1564 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ type SystemConfiguration struct {
 
 		Uid int `yaml:"uid"`
 		Gid int `yaml:"gid"`
+
+		Login bool `yaml:"login"`
 	} `yaml:"user"`
 
 	// The amount of time in seconds that can elapse before a server's disk space calculation is
@@ -526,6 +528,24 @@ func ConfigureDirectories() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	log.WithField("filepath", "/etc/pterodactyl//passwd").Debug("ensuring passwd file exists")
+	if passwd, err := os.Create("/etc/pterodactyl/passwd"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else {
+		shell := "/usr/sbin/nologin"
+		if _config.System.User.Login {
+			shell = "/bin/sh"
+		}
+
+		// the WriteFile method returns an error if unsuccessful
+		err := os.WriteFile(passwd.Name(), []byte(fmt.Sprintf("container:x:%d:%d::/home/container:%s", _config.System.User.Uid, _config.System.User.Gid, shell)), 0777)
+		// handle this error
+		if err != nil {
+			// print it out
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// There are a non-trivial number of users out there whose data directories are actually a
 	// symlink to another location on the disk. If we do not resolve that final destination at this
 	// point things will appear to work, but endless errors will be encountered when we try to
diff --git a/server/mounts.go b/server/mounts.go
index 97c8094..077a9bb 100644
--- a/server/mounts.go
+++ b/server/mounts.go
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ func (s *Server) Mounts() []environment.Mount {
 			Source:   s.Filesystem().Path(),
 			ReadOnly: false,
 		},
+		{
+			Default:  true,
+			Target:   "/etc/passwd",
+			Source:   "/etc/pterodactyl/passwd",
+			ReadOnly: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Also include any of this server's custom mounts when returning them.