From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ensure safe directory failing
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:44:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jrCdnYIdIKTfOBnQnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@sysmatrix.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.8.1300521008.15172.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:44:57 -0500
>> From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
>>
>>
>> I see the following after installing w32 Emacs 23.3.1 and running it via
>> shortcut with target C:\Emacs\bin\runemacs.exe --debug-init:
>>
>> (error "The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe")
>> signal(error ("The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe"))
>>
>> In my ver 22.3 there was a file called server in this directory but
>> nothing in ver 23. Does any of you know what might be going on?
>
> Are you logged in as Administrator on that machine?
Essentially yes. No password to logon. Up until ver. 23 (server-start)
in .emacs worked with HOME=C:\emacs (i.e. everything at same level as
emacs/bin). Under DocumentsandSettings the owners of all the folders
seem to be Administrators, User, System and with all permissions
checked. The owner under c:\emacs was always Everyone and all
permissions were checked.
I read the entire thread at
http://osdir.com/ml/help-emacs-windows-gnu/2011-03/
on this topic but I can't seem to make .emacs.d directory safe with any
combo of users and/or permissions. This is on a desktop with win2000. On
a laptop with xp and with home=c:\emacs it does work but all I see there
is that the directory is read only (i.e. right click properties or
Alt-Enter doesn't reveal anything about ownership).
>
>> What is a race condition?
>
> What race condition? There's no "race condition" in the error message
> you are quoting?
>
I think this is from the docstring in server.el I would like to not bury
home env. variable somewhere under DocumentsandSettings because I
frequently navigate around using dos window (command.com).
Thanks,
Ed
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-18 22:44 ensure safe directory failing B. T. Raven
2011-03-19 7:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.8.1300521008.15172.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-19 12:44 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2011-03-19 15:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.3.1300546821.11495.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-19 17:39 ` B. T. Raven
2011-03-19 17:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.9.1300556892.13615.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-20 1:36 ` B. T. Raven
2011-03-20 7:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.13.1300605015.19367.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-20 16:23 ` B. T. Raven
2011-03-20 16:30 ` B. T. Raven
2011-03-20 17:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.3.1300643740.13228.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-20 19:06 ` B. T. Raven
2011-03-20 20:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1300653326.12439.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-20 20:46 ` B. T. Raven
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