Re: ensure safe directory failing

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

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