Re: [HTCondor-users] Error or lacking feature of userHome() function?

[Bert DeKnuydt <Bert.Deknuydt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16/11/2016 17:57, Fischer, Max (SCC) wrote:
> Hi Bert,
>
> I don't have any nice user in the queue right now (haha...) but have you tried using the Owner field instead of User? IIRC it is always the raw user name.
>
> Cheers,
> Max

Hi Max,

That indeed is a nice solution!  I guess the name userHome tempted me to use User ...

Danke!

Bert.

> > Am 16.11.2016 um 12:57 schrieb Bert DeKnuydt <Bert.Deknuydt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I wanted to get the home directory of users and was happy to find userHome() function:
> >
> > ----
> > String userHome(String userName [ , String default ])
> >    Returns the home directory of the given user as configured on the current
> >    system (determined using the getpwdnam() call). (Returns default if the
> >    default argument is passed and the home directory of the user is not defined.)
> > ----
> >
> > That works as expected for 'userName' of type name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx but barfs on
> > nice-user.name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (which is what User returns for anyone running
> > NiceUser = True).
> >
> > Is that supposed to be and should I use
> >
> >     userHome(regexps("(nice-user\.)?(.*)",User,"\\2")).
> >
> > BTW, is there a way to get the Unix group id of a user?
> >
> > Greetings, Bert.
> > _______________________________________________