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zsh does not start in $HOME

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From: Stephan Windmüller <stephan.windmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: zsh does not start in $HOME
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:09:18 +0200
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Hello!

We are currently migrating from NIS to LDAP and have therefore both
services running. To distinguish between them, LDAP accounts have their
home directory set to /ldaphome/username.

This works with bash, but every time we start a zsh, the user's pwd is
/home/username:

| $ bash
| $ pwd
| /ldaphome/username
| $ echo $HOME
| /ldaphome/username
| $ zsh
| % pwd
| /home/username

How does zsh determine its home directory and why does it not use $HOME?

The version is 4.3.4 (Ubuntu Hardy).

TIA
 Stephan

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