> I work as a usual user on a teTeX system (UNIX). When kpathsea has to > generate > new fonts it tries to generate them on a read-only file system (see > below). Is it possible to let kpathsea generate these fonts in a directory > in my home account? And can I do this by setting an environment variable?
As admin, set the varfonts feature (using texconfig). You can set VARFONTS to $HOME/texfonts, so each user gets his own directory. Thomas