108 ~/Temp/tex: texmfstart texexec --module kpse:mult-ini.tex
/usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in `initialize': Permission denied - /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mult-ini.ted (Errno::EACCES)
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in `open'
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in `documentation'
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:629:in `each'
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:629:in `documentation'
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:2778:in `send'
from /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:2778
The permissions of the directory involved can be seen from:
ls -l /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/tex/context
==>
drwxr-xr-x 767 sysop staff 26078 11 mrt 18:31 base
That is, texexec tries to write into a directory for which has no write access. I operate normally as myself and only for the installation of software assume the role of system operator (to hinder rogue programs and protect myself from stupid deletes, for example).
Do I understand correctly from this, that unless one has write access to the tex installation directories one cannot typeset the module source?
If so, I urge Hans Hagen to change this and let texexec and friends write into tmp directories or in the users current directory.
But I might be wrong and having something other amiss.