SF # 555779, import user doesn't work with CGIs
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 6c66689..d5d2621 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -303,8 +303,10 @@
         i = i + 1
     if i == 1:
         if not 'HOME' in os.environ:
-            return path
-        userhome = os.environ['HOME']
+            import pwd
+            userhome = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[5]
+        else:
+            userhome = os.environ['HOME']
     else:
         import pwd
         try: