# Running cylc tasks on compute nodes that cannot see /home

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**Category:** Cylc Support\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/running-cylc-tasks-on-compute-nodes-that-cannot-see-home/282 "2020-10-22T17:36:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/running-cylc-tasks-on-compute-nodes-that-cannot-see-home/282/14 "2020-10-29T08:34:19Z")

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> [@Rosalyn\_Hatcher](#):
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> Defining `global-init-script` will work but only if I redefine the 2 problematic `CYLC_` variables

That looks safe to me. I don’t think you actually need $HOME so this should be enough:

```auto
CYLC_SUITE_RUN_DIR=${DATADIR}/cylc-run/${CYLC_SUITE_NAME}
CYLC_SUITE_DEF_PATH=${CYLC_SUITE_RUN_DIR}

```

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