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title: homeDirectory
description: OID
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-homeDirectory
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-homeDirectory.html
---

# homeDirectory

|                             |                                                                                          |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.3                                                                          |
| *Names*                     | homeDirectory                                                                            |
| *Description*               | The absolute path to the home directory                                                  |
| *Syntax*                    | [IA5String](s-IA5String.html)                                                            |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [caseExactIA5Match](mr-caseExactIA5Match.html)                                           |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreOrderingMatch](mr-caseIgnoreOrderingMatch.html)                               |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html)                           |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                     |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                     |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                         |
| *Origin*                    | [draft-howard-rfc2307bis](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-howard-rfc2307bis) |
| *Schema file*               | 04-rfc2307bis.ldif                                                                       |
| *Used by*                   | [posixAccount](oc-posixAccount.html)                                                     |