From cedb8707c8ce1728984da85a58d24c26ddc24ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Akritidis <43294513+cakrit@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:44:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix the default value of the home directory (#9711)
Change the default home to be VARLIB_DIR instead of CACHE_DIR so that it is consistent with the installation. Override the default with the HOME var if set in the environment.
---
daemon/common.c | 2 +-
daemon/main.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/daemon/common.c b/daemon/common.c
index 7cd84a9dff..45d5fa3fd9 100644
--- a/daemon/common.c
+++ b/daemon/common.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ char *netdata_configured_web_dir = WEB_DIR;
char *netdata_configured_cache_dir = CACHE_DIR;
char *netdata_configured_varlib_dir = VARLIB_DIR;
char *netdata_configured_lock_dir = NULL;
-char *netdata_configured_home_dir = CACHE_DIR;
+char *netdata_configured_home_dir = VARLIB_DIR;
char *netdata_configured_host_prefix = NULL;
char *netdata_configured_timezone = NULL;
int netdata_ready;
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 4b24c85bfa..a3b63ce513 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ static void get_netdata_configured_variables() {
netdata_configured_web_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web files directory", netdata_configured_web_dir);
netdata_configured_cache_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "cache directory", netdata_configured_cache_dir);
netdata_configured_varlib_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "lib directory", netdata_configured_varlib_dir);
- netdata_configured_home_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "home directory", netdata_configured_home_dir);
+ char *env_home=getenv("HOME");
+ netdata_configured_home_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "home directory", env_home?env_home:netdata_configured_home_dir);
netdata_configured_lock_dir = initialize_lock_directory_path(netdata_configured_varlib_dir);