John May wrote:
>
> On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > > I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says:
> > >
> > > >$ lynx
> > > >metamail: can't open temporary file!
> > > >$
> > >
> > > That's all it says then I goes back to the prompt. Anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > Type
> >
> > md ~/tmp
> >
> > at the command prompt.
> >
>
> Hey, it worked. So you have to have a ~/tmp directory in your home directory.
> Why couldn't this have been compiled to use the /tmp directory? Oh well..
Because you could end up creating serious security problems with /tmp.
You'll find that a number of packages are moving away from a system-wide
/tmp and are moving to user owned tmp directories.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corp.
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