bitcoind won't start if datadir is specified in the conf file and the user running it has no home dir

tested with debian stretch and bitcoin 0.17.1

```
# sudo -u bitcoin bitcoind -daemon -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -pid=/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid

************************
EXCEPTION: N5boost10filesystem16filesystem_errorE
boost::filesystem::create_directories: Permission denied: "/home/bitcoin"
bitcoin in AppInit()

bitcoind: chainparamsbase.cpp:29: const CBaseChainParams& BaseParams(): Assertion `globalChainBaseParams' failed.
Aborted

# mkhomedir_helper bitcoin

# sudo -u bitcoin bitcoind -daemon -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -pid=/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
Bitcoin server starting
```


{
    return AbsPathForConfigVal(fs::path(confPath), false);
}
static std::string TrimString(const std::string& str, const std::string& pattern)
{
    std::string::size_type front = str.find_first_not_of(pattern);
    if (front == std::string::npos) {
        return std::string();
    }
    std::string::size_type end = str.find_last_not_of(pattern);
    return str.substr(front, end - front + 1);
}
static bool GetConfigOptions(std::istream& stream, const std::string& filepath, std::string& error, std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& options, std::list<SectionInfo>& sections)
{
    std::string str, prefix;
    std::string::size_type pos;
    int linenr = 1;
    while (std::getline(stream, str)) {
        bool used_hash = false;
        if ((pos = str.find('#')) != std::string::npos) {
            str = str.substr(0, pos);
            used_hash = true;
        }
        const static std::string pattern = " \t\r\n";
        str = TrimString(str, pattern);
        if (!str.empty()) {
            if (*str.begin() == '[' && *str.rbegin() == ']') {