Index: server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in
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--- server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in	(revision 377)
+++ server/common/oursrc/accountadm/signup-scripts-backend.in	(revision 378)
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@
 	complain("athena user not found");
 }
+
+# Tell AFS that we don't want to trigger fakestat
+chdir $homedir;
 
 # Run ls to confirm user's homedir and obtain user's homedir uid