diff --git a/evomaintenance.sh b/evomaintenance.sh
index ba05344..78b1dc8 100755
--- a/evomaintenance.sh
+++ b/evomaintenance.sh
@@ -97,13 +97,22 @@ get_who() {
 }
 
 get_begin_date() {
-    printf "%s %s" "$(date "+%Y")" "$(get_who | cut -d" " -f3,4,5)"
+    # XXX Begin end date isn't applicable when used in autosysadmin,
+    # so we use the same one as the end date.
+    if [ "${AUTOSYSADMIN}" -eq 1 ]; then
+	    get_end_date
+    else
+	    printf "%s %s" "$(date "+%Y")" "$(get_who | cut -d" " -f3,4,5)"
+    fi
 }
 
 get_ip() {
     ip=$(get_who | cut -d" " -f6 | sed -e "s/^(// ; s/)$//")
-    [ -z "${ip}" ] && ip="unknown (no tty)"
-    [ "${ip}" = ":0" ] && ip="localhost"
+    if  [ "${AUTOSYSADMIN}" -eq 1 ] || [ "${ip}" = ":0" ]; then
+	    ip="localhost"
+    elif [ -z "${ip}" ]; then
+	    ip="unknown (no tty)"
+    fi
 
     echo "${ip}"
 }
@@ -116,6 +125,14 @@ get_now() {
     date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"
 }
 
+get_user() {
+    if [ "${AUTOSYSADMIN}" -eq 1 ]; then
+	    echo autosysadmin
+    else
+	    logname
+    fi
+}
+
 get_complete_hostname() {
     REAL_HOSTNAME=$(get_fqdn)
     if [ "${HOSTNAME}" = "${REAL_HOSTNAME}" ]; then
@@ -382,6 +399,7 @@ AUTO=${AUTO:-"0"}
 EVOCHECK=${EVOCHECK:-"0"}
 GIT_STATUS_MAX_LINES=${GIT_STATUS_MAX_LINES:-20}
 API_ENDPOINT=${API_ENDPOINT:-""}
+AUTOSYSADMIN=${AUTOSYSADMIN:-0}
 
 # initialize variables
 MESSAGE=""