Note: version 1.5.1

If syncevolution has never been run before (or ~/.config/syncevolution is
removed), it fails if all the directories in the $HOME path are not world
readable.

Error displayed is:

[ERROR] /home: Permission denied

To reproduce:

As root:

chmod o=x /home

As user:

rm -rf ~/.config/syncevolution

syncevolution --daemon=no --configure --template none username= password=
printChanges=1 loglevel=4 Exchange@FilesMaster


Here is an strace extract showing the case when /home is readable:

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access("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution/config.ini", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
access("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution/filesmaster/config.ini", F_OK) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution/filesmaster/peers/exchange/config.ini",
F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution/.internal.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
access("/home", R_OK|X_OK)              = 0
access("/home/cobb", R_OK|X_OK)         = 0
access("/home/cobb/.config", R_OK|X_OK) = 0
access("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution", R_OK|W_OK|X_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
mkdir("/home/cobb/.config/syncevolution", 0700) = 0
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The "access("/home", R_OK|X_OK)" fails if /home is executable but not readable.