users: realpath home dirs before comparison (#1803)

2026-06-17 16:21:08 +00:00
parent aabb2037ed 08278afff6
commit ee20edc445
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ in
              else
                homeDirectory=$(dscl . -read ${dsclUser} NFSHomeDirectory)
                homeDirectory=''${homeDirectory#NFSHomeDirectory: }
-                if [[ ${escapeShellArg v.home} != "$homeDirectory" ]]; then
+                configuredHomeDirectory=$(realpath ${escapeShellArg v.home})
+                homeDirectory=$(realpath "$homeDirectory")
+                if [[ "$configuredHomeDirectory" != "$homeDirectory" ]]; then
                  printf >&2 '\e[1;31merror: config contains the wrong home directory for %s, aborting activation\e[0m\n' ${name}
                  printf >&2 'nix-darwin does not support changing the home directory of existing users.\n'
                  printf >&2 '\n'