[OS X TeX] Error: I can't write on file '(name)'
Alain Schremmer
schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Fri Mar 9 19:10:36 EST 2012
On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
> On Mar 9, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> So, my question, my gripe, is why, out of the box and without
>>>> warning, does openout in "/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/
>>>> texmf.cnf" have to be "paranoid" rather than merely "restricted"?
>>>> In other words, why "disallow going to parent directories ..."?
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> Because that's the way TeX Live ships
>>
>> Fair enough. So, let me rephrase my question:
>>
>> Why does TeXLive ship, out of the box and without warning, a
>> version where openout in "/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/
>> texmf.cnf" have to be "paranoid" rather than merely "restricted"?
>> In other words, why "disallow going to parent directories ..."?
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> There are many systems where there is a high need for security. Even
> many Macs are in situations where security is needed. So TeX Live is
> set, out of the box, to allow for that.
>
>>> and MacTeX supplies a default TeX Live with the only changes being
>>> where the personal tree and personal texlive tree are placed in ~/
>>> Library.
>>
>> Are you saying that I should move the modified "texmf.cnf" to a
>> place that TeX can find but that TeXLive is not going to overwrite
>> next time I upgrade?
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> The problem is that when you update the texmf.cnf files in the
> distribution could change under you.
Since I have corrected earlier versions, I am sure that that is the
case.
> I'm not sure, but you MAY be able to put a texmf.cnf file which
> contains only that one change in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/
> web2c and make sure you run
>
> sudo mktexlsr
>
> so that TeX ``knows'' it's there. Can't guarantee that works though.
Then, I won't even try.
In any case, I wrote down the routine for changing p into r so I
should be good for the next upgrade. (Not anytime soon.)
Best regards
--schremmer
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