Re: lynx-dev /tmp failure

[Klaus Weide]

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Eduardo Chappa L. wrote:
> *** Jim Davis (address@hidden) wrote Today:
> :) 
> :) Turns out some idiot (I don't remember it, but must've been me) set
> :) /tmp to 0711.  I realize this isn't a real lynx problem, but shouldn't
> :) it return an error message of some sort instead of just... hanging?
> 
> The same problem occurs if you define your lynx_cookies file to be in a
> place where you don't have permission to write. I think lynx should give
> you a warning of a problem here.

I tried to reproduce this - both the /tmp thing and the cookie thing -
and could not produce any hanging.

    Klaus