Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michelle Konzack wrote: >> Because I am working in a secured environement, XTerm break it, >> while droping the TEMPDIR variable which was set from /etc/profile, >> ~/.bash_login or ~/.xsession. >> >> Generaly it is set using: >> >> mkdir -p /tmp/$USER >> chmod 700 /tmp/$USER >> export TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
> Could you try another terminal emulator? Xterm is setgid to the utmp > group: alternatively, one could request that xterm be built with something like utempter... > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 288K 2006-03-17 01:19 /usr/bin/xterm > This causes glibc to purge 'harmful' environment variables from its > environment when it is run, including TMPDIR. yes (the number of people who have a genuine need to do this is very small - I'm curious if there are any who are working in a secured environment). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
