diff --git a/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java b/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
index d7c31964..3356377b 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/core/Application.java
@@ -646,6 +646,28 @@ public class Application extends UnicastRemoteObject implements IRemoteApp, IPat
 	return list;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Return a list of Helma nodes (HopObjects -  the database object representing the user,
+     *  not the session object) representing registered users of this application.
+     */
+	public List getRegisteredUsers () {
+	ArrayList list = new ArrayList ();
+	INode users = getUserRoot ();
+	// first try to get them from subnodes (db)
+	for (Enumeration e=users.getSubnodes(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+	    list.add ((INode)e.nextElement ());
+	}
+	// if none, try to get them from properties (internal db)
+	if (list.size()==0) {
+	    for (Enumeration e=users.properties(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+	        list.add (users.getNode ((String)e.nextElement (),false));
+	    }
+	}
+	return list;
+	}
+
+
     /**
      * Return an array of <code>SessionBean</code> objects currently associated with a given
      * Helma user.
diff --git a/src/helma/framework/core/ApplicationBean.java b/src/helma/framework/core/ApplicationBean.java
index 99b28fac..bfa93832 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/core/ApplicationBean.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/core/ApplicationBean.java
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public class ApplicationBean implements Serializable {
 	return (INode[]) activeUsers.toArray (new INode[0]);
     }
 
+	public INode[] getRegisteredUsers () {
+	List registeredUsers = app.getRegisteredUsers ();
+	return (INode[]) registeredUsers.toArray (new INode[0]);
+	}
+
     public SessionBean[] getSessionsForUser (INode usernode)	{
 	if (usernode==null)
 	    return new SessionBean[0];