diff --git a/homedirs.sh b/homedirs.sh
index e80216a15c4e326faa318c3f7ef0d5c3d7c0ac1c..3698b6a53f616f1da71b2851a65edf756016dc0d 100755
--- a/homedirs.sh
+++ b/homedirs.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -e
 # set -x
 # trap read debug
 
+
 rgroup="g_r_users"
 localrgroup="local_r_users"
 home="/homes/"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ if [ ! -d $home ]
 fi
 
 # make sure that fresh credentials are pulled
-sss_cache -E
+/usr/sbin/sss_cache -E
 
 unset rusers
 rusers="$(getent group $rgroup | awk -F '[/:]' '{print $4}')"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ for ruser in "${ruserar[@]}"
     # create home directories
     if [ ! -d $home$ruser ]
       then
-        mkhomedir_helper $ruser $umask $skel
+        /sbin/mkhomedir_helper $ruser $umask $skel
         setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $home$ruser
     fi
     # symlink .rstudio directory to work storage