Index: server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in
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--- server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in	(revision 765)
+++ server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in	(revision 767)
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@
 # Tell AFS that we don't want to trigger fakestat, and confirm user's homedir
 chdir $homedir or complain("athena homedir not found");
+opendir TEMP, '.' or complain("internal error");
+closedir TEMP;
 
 # Obtain user's homedir uid