trying to track down issues in get_home_dir().

[samba.git] / source / lib / username.c

diff --git a/source/lib/username.c b/source/lib/username.c
index f04314ab36d75b12ae8e16b476cd115b408dbae5..8ae55fcc894beb0c3f8ee2174476d8a777864dec 100644 (file)
--- a/source/lib/username.c
+++ b/source/lib/username.c
@@ -31,12 +31,16 @@ get a users home directory.
 ****************************************************************************/
 char *get_home_dir(char *user)
 {
-  static struct passwd *pass;
+       struct passwd *pass;
+       static pstring home_dir;
 
-  pass = Get_Pwnam(user, False);
+       pass = Get_Pwnam(user, False);
 
-  if (!pass) return(NULL);
-  return(pass->pw_dir);      
+       if (pass == NULL || pass->pw_dir == NULL) return(NULL);
+
+       pstrcpy(home_dir, pass->pw_dir);
+       DEBUG(10,("get_home_dir: returning %s for user %s\n", home_dir, user));
+       return home_dir;
 }