diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
index acfa2c213..133e6628c 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
@@ -427,11 +427,13 @@ public abstract class ModeledDirectoryObjectService<InternalType extends Modeled
     protected Collection<ObjectPermissionModel> getImplicitPermissions(ModeledAuthenticatedUser user,
             ModelType model) {
         
+        // Check to see if the user granting permissions is a skeleton user,
+        // thus lacking database backing.
+        if (user.getUser().isSkeleton())
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+
         // Get the user model and check for an entity ID.
         UserModel userModel = user.getUser().getModel();
-        Integer entityId = userModel.getEntityID();
-        if (entityId == null)
-            return Collections.emptyList();
         
         // Build list of implicit permissions
         Collection<ObjectPermissionModel> implicitPermissions =
@@ -442,7 +444,7 @@ public abstract class ModeledDirectoryObjectService<InternalType extends Modeled
 
             // Create model which grants this permission to the current user
             ObjectPermissionModel permissionModel = new ObjectPermissionModel();
-            permissionModel.setEntityID(entityId);
+            permissionModel.setEntityID(userModel.getEntityID());
             permissionModel.setType(permission);
             permissionModel.setObjectIdentifier(model.getIdentifier());
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
index b7924edd9..54f052b75 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
@@ -763,5 +763,16 @@ public class ModeledUser extends ModeledPermissions<UserModel> implements User {
     public Permissions getEffectivePermissions() throws GuacamoleException {
         return super.getEffective();
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this user is a skeleton user, lacking a database entity
+     * entry.
+     * 
+     * @return 
+     *     True if this user is a skeleton user, otherwise false.
+     */
+    public boolean isSkeleton() {
+        return (getModel().getEntityID() == null);
+    }
 
 }