3 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-authentication b/src/monkeysphere-authentication
index c009653..c5c48d5 100755
--- a/src/monkeysphere-authentication
+++ b/src/monkeysphere-authentication
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ DATE=$(date -u '+%FT%T')
 # unset some environment variables that could screw things up
 unset GREP_OPTIONS
 
-# default return code
-RETURN=0
-
 ########################################################################
 # FUNCTIONS
 ########################################################################
@@ -211,5 +208,3 @@ case $COMMAND in
 Type '$PGRM help' for usage."
         ;;
 esac
-
-exit "$RETURN"
diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-host b/src/monkeysphere-host
index c454354..5e7a931 100755
--- a/src/monkeysphere-host
+++ b/src/monkeysphere-host
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ DATE=$(date -u '+%FT%T')
 # unset some environment variables that could screw things up
 unset GREP_OPTIONS
 
-# default return code
-RETURN=0
-
 ########################################################################
 # FUNCTIONS
 ########################################################################
@@ -327,5 +324,3 @@ case $COMMAND in
 Type '$PGRM help' for usage."
         ;;
 esac
-
-exit "$RETURN"
diff --git a/src/share/ma/update_users b/src/share/ma/update_users
index bfefc31..c180b56 100644
--- a/src/share/ma/update_users
+++ b/src/share/ma/update_users
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 update_users() {
 
+local returnCode=0
 local unames
 local uname
 local authorizedKeysDir
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ else
     unames=$(getent passwd | cut -d: -f1)
 fi
 
-RETURN=0
-
 # set mode
 MODE="authorized_keys"
 
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ for uname in $unames ; do
 	    # process authorized_user_ids file, as monkeysphere user
 	    su_monkeysphere_user \
 		". ${SYSSHAREDIR}/common; process_authorized_user_ids $TMP_AUTHORIZED_USER_IDS" \
-		|| RETURN="$?"
+		|| returnCode="$?"
 	else
 	    log debug "not processing authorized_user_ids."
 	fi
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ for uname in $unames ; do
 	    log error "Failed to install authorized_keys for '$uname'!"
 	    rm -f "${authorizedKeysDir}/${uname}"
 	    # indicate that there has been a failure:
-	    RETURN=1
+	    returnCode=1
 	}
     else
 	rm -f "${authorizedKeysDir}/${uname}"
@@ -154,5 +153,5 @@ for uname in $unames ; do
     rm -rf "$TMPLOC"
 done
 
-return $RETURN
+return $returnCode
 }