diff --git a/user_chooser.cgi b/user_chooser.cgi
index 8f3c1e3fa..4d01bcdec 100755
--- a/user_chooser.cgi
+++ b/user_chooser.cgi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ($in{'multi'}) {
 		print "selr = new Array($len);\n";
 		for($i=0; $i<$len; $i++) {
 			print "sel[$i] = \"".
-			      &quote_escape($ul[$i], '"')."\";\n";
+			      quotemeta($ul[$i], '"')."\";\n";
             
 			# samba valid system user can start with @ + &
 			$gn = $ul[$i];
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if ($in{'multi'}) {
 			#@uinfo = getpwnam($ul[$i]);
 			if (@uinfo) {
 				print "selr[$i] = \"".
-				      &quote_escape($uinfo[6])."\";\n";
+				      quotemeta($uinfo[6])."\";\n";
 				}
 			else {
 				print "selr[$i] = \"???\";\n";