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christian_derek
Nov 3, 2009 21:33:57 GMT   
Hi,

We are using pam to validate the user access to the system and if it succeed we launch a process on the hpux. The $HOME variable is not set, what should we do to solve the issue.

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Horia Chirculescu
Nov 4, 2009 08:41:54 GMT    Unassigned
Hello,

The $HOME variable is set by the login process.

If you do not have a login session, this variable would not be set.

Other possibility is that the process spanned from the shell can not read correctly the above variable.

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Horia.
Matti Kurkela Expert in this area This member has accumulated 7500 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 10:14:09 GMT    Unassigned
If you're writing a custom PAM module or other binaries, use the standard getpwnam() or getpwuid() functions to look up the home directory.

(use the "man getpwnam" command to get more information)

After that, you can set the HOME variable yourself if you need it.

If you're writing a script, use the "pwget" command to get similar functionality.

("man pwget")

For example:
HOME=$(pwget -n username | cut -d : -f 6)

MK
 
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