[ROOT] TMPDIR {Problem runnig ROOT as normal user in MacOS X}

From: Christian Vogel (vogel@skunk.physik.uni-erlangen.de)
Date: Sun Jul 28 2002 - 11:53:38 MEST 

I just forgot to Cc the list when I answered to Christian,
so here's my summary :-)

> I have just discoverd that I cannot run my programs in ROOT under
> MacOS X when I am logged in as a normal user (staff), since I get
> the following message:
> CAUTION: tmpfile /var/tmp/tmp.2.xxx-cint can?t open
> Error: could not create file /var/tmp/tmp.2.xxx-cint

One can set the environment-variable TMPDIR to the name
of a user-writeable directory. Root/CINT will create its
temporary files there. This solved the problem (on MacOsX at least).

	Chris


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