Re: [Evolution] $HOME directory changed - Evolution could not start

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 18:53, Richard Bemrose wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My $HOME directory changed and as a result Evolution would not start as
> it complained about unable to find files within the
> ~/evolution/config.xmldb.
>
> For example:
>     <entry name="file____nfs_admin_rb3_evolution_local_Inbox" .../>
>
> The quick fix was to manually edit this file and log back in. I would
> not like to do this when many users change their home directory.
>
> Is there a simple why around this?

Dont change $HOME?  i.e. no. :(

> Can Evolution use the $HOME environment variable instead of hard coded
> paths?

Not currently.

Some things might be easy to change, others aren't so easy because a lot
of things need to be able to access the whole filesystem.