Re: [HTCondor-users] Problem getting user's home instead of tmp dir as initial directory when submitting jobs

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to set the configuration parameter FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN to the same value on both machines. This tells HTCondor that the machines have a common shared filesystem. Then, the Execution Point will run the job in the directory given by initialdir in your submit file.

 - Jaime

On Sep 30, 2025, at 7:31âAM, Peter LÃnnerberg via HTCondor-users <htcondor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I have set up a combined admin/submit role on one machine [master] and an execute role on a second machine [slave]. When submitting an interactive job I want to end up in the user's shared home directory, but instead I end up in a tmp dir. How to solve this?

[master ~]$ condor_submit -interactive getenv=True initialdir=/home/peter
Submitting job(s).

1 job(s) submitted to cluster 93.

Waiting for job to start...

Welcome to slot1_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!

You will be logged out after 7200 seconds of inactivity.

[peter@slave dir_122660]$

My config.d/00-security contains:

if version >= 23.10.0

    use security:recommended

else

    use security:recommended_v9_0

endif

UID_DOMAIN = *

TRUST_UID_DOMAIN = True

STARTER_ALLOW_RUNAS_OWNER = True

SUBMIT_ATTRS = RunAsOwner

RunAsOwner = True

(BTW I know UID_DOMAIN = * is bad...)

Thanks for any help or ideas.

Peter LÃnnerberg
Linnarsson Lab
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology
Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Karolinska Institutet
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

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