emacsclient Mac OS X 'No socket or alternate editor' error

emacsclient Mac OS X 'No socket or alternate editor' error

[Charles Magid]

Emacsclient Mac OS X 'No socket or alternate editor' error

How it was invoked and what gets returned:

		$ /usr/local/bin/emacsclient ~/pgadmin.log 
		/usr/local/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
		To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
		/usr/local/bin/emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor.  Please use:

			--socket-name
			--server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
			--alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)

Upstream errors I thought I solved but perhaps not:

			M-x server-start

			Getting errors like

			(error "The directory `/var/folders/b3/9k90h2ln2ns__vznkc0642vc3m01mw/T//emacs121636508' is unsafe")

So I verified it used the same file repeatedly then did a 

    $ chmod 700 emacs121636508

    After than M-x server-start returned without errors


To see if it was fixed in a later version I just reinstalled emacs with

		$ brew install emacs --cocoa --use-git-head --HEAD
		$ mv /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/HEAD/Emacs.app /Applications/

    That didnt fix it


As an experiment yesterday I redefined

    (defun server-ensure-safe-dir (dir) t) 

    and it worked.

		But today the same trick did not work so I did the chmod 700 and that seemed to work, but failed when I went to start emacsclient.


Thank you in advance for taking the time to look at this issue.