Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
>
> Just do a "mkdir ~/tmp" and it works.
>
> Jean-Michel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your reply.
Doesn't get /tmp created by default with M6 anymore? And why doesn't this
error occur with older versions of Lynx?
Regards
tom
> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 23:53:02 +0200
> > From: Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] lynx error with M6 reported
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Wayne Larmon has told me about an error with the Lynx version shipped with
> > M6 which seems to have occurred with several people.
> >
> > Lynx refuses to start with the error message:
> >
> > metamail: Can't open temporary file
> >
> > Installing an older version of lynx (lynx-ssl-2.8.2-32) removed that
> > problem.
> >
> > I asked Wayne to send me an output of 'ls -l metamail' since I mean to
> > remember that metamail has to run setuid root. It doesn't.
> >
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41756 May 11 09:18
> >
> > But running the M6 version of Lynx as root didn't solve the problem, so
> > there might be something else involved here.
> >
> > Has anybody here encountered that error or is able to reproduce it (I
> > *still* haven't received my copy...)? Anyone at M an idea what may cause
> > this?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > tom
> >
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