Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
login-utils/login.1 | 8 ++++++++
login-utils/login.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index c72fcfa..ca7c4b3 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ The default is to check "/etc/hushlogins" and if does not exist then
If the \fBHUSHLOGIN_FILE\fR item is empty then all checks are disabled.
.RE
+.PP
+\fBDEFAULT_HOME\fR (boolean)
+.RS 4
+Indicate if login is allowed if we can\'t cd to the home directory. If set to
+\fIyes\fR, the user will login in the root (/) directory if it is not possible
+to cd to her home directory. The default value is 'yes'.
+.RE
+
.SH FILES
.nf
.I /var/run/utmp
diff --git a/login-utils/login.c b/login-utils/login.c
index 0464a17..0c8cc26 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.c
+++ b/login-utils/login.c
@@ -1313,6 +1313,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
/* wait until here to change directory! */
if (chdir(pwd->pw_dir) < 0) {
warn(_("%s: change directory failed"), pwd->pw_dir);
+
+ if (!getlogindefs_bool("DEFAULT_HOME", 1))
+ exit(0);
if (chdir("/"))
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
pwd->pw_dir = "/";
--
1.7.6.4
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