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-rw-r--r--cpp/src/tests/test_env.sh.in8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/tests/test_env.sh.in b/cpp/src/tests/test_env.sh.in
index 842d7729cb..26be15b48a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/tests/test_env.sh.in
+++ b/cpp/src/tests/test_env.sh.in
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ exportmodule XML_LIB xml.so
# Qpid options
export QPID_NO_MODULE_DIR=1 # Don't accidentally load installed modules
-export QPID_DATA_DIR= # Default to no data dir, not ~/.qpidd
+export QPID_DATA_DIR=
+
+# Use temporary directory if $HOME does not exist
+if [ ! -e "$HOME" ]; then
+ export QPID_DATA_DIR=/tmp/qpid
+ export QPID_PID_DIR=/tmp/qpid
+fi
# Options for boost test framework
export BOOST_TEST_SHOW_PROGRESS=yes