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Message-ID: <20151123004747.GB92153@Hell>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:47:47 -0800
From: Alex Dunn <dunn.alex@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [bug] JOHN_PRIVATE_HOME ignores $HOME

Originally posted to
https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/issues/1901

In `params.h`, `JOHN_PRIVATE_HOME` is set to `~/.john`.  The way `~`
is evaluated ignores the `HOME` environment variable, so it always
tries to write logs and recovery files to the user's actual home
directory.  (This is causing problems in Homebrew, where we run tests
in a sandbox and set `HOME` to a temporary directory.)

Is a way to fix this in configuration post-compile, or is it a bug in
path_expand?

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