Re: xfstt + xset
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 12:11:20PM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote:
> > Even more wierd:
> > I have a server and a client, the client mounts /usr via nfs from server;
> > /var is local, the rest is syncronized via cfengine.
> > /etc/init.d/xfstt start
> > works on the server, does not on the client. Just xfstt works everywhere.
> >
> > Any idea what the so subtle difference between these machines might be?
> >
>
> Ahhh....
> well this si a FIXME of sorts) :)
>
> xfstt currently requires write acess to a font database it stores
> (which by all rights should be in /var) as it stands this is in
> the same directory as the fonts...
Yep, I've just come to the same conclusion. And you can guess I mount /usr
ro.
>
> this same thing happens when you run xfstt as a normal user. With NFS on
> you probably have root_squash on (which is the default) so root
> on the client can not write tot he database!
>
> sorry for the inconvinece...I should work on this!
>
> any ideas on where the font database should be?
How about /var/cache/xfstt ?
Sergey.
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