In some Linux configurations, the Linux home directory provided by getpwent is not usable. The value of the system property `user.home` should fallback to the value of $HOME if getpwent.user_home is null or less that 2 characters long. "/" is not a valid home directory name.
If $HOME is undefined or empty, the value of the getpwent.user_home is retained. There are more details in the Jira issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8280357 The fix has been tested manually on Ubuntu 20.0.4 using the suggested systemd command line and variations. ------------- Commit messages: - Fallback to $HOME, if defined, if the os supplied user_home is - Fallback to $HOME if the home directory is "/" or not available - 8280357: user.home = "?" when running with systemd DynamicUser=true Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7534/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7534&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8280357 Stats: 8 lines in 1 file changed: 6 ins; 0 del; 2 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7534.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7534/head:pull/7534 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7534
