Re: Environment Variables

Dear Dan and anyone else who is interested.
Okay, for my purposes it is actually more than just the "TEMP" variable.
It is the TEMP, TMP, and the CLIPPER variables.  These all deal somewhat
with where clipper builds it's "scratch" files.  Some of my users have
setup 
a
server running my program from "Remote Desktops".  They log in to my
program
from a single icon on the server's desktop.  The "default value" for TEMP,
TMP, and the CLIPPER swappath and temppath variables is "C:\TEMP" on the
server. We want to be able to change those environment variables on the
fly 
"after"
the user logs into the program.  When each user logs in they give their 
username
and password which is "looked-up" in a database.  When a match is made a 
"user
directory" is assigned.  We want to be able to change the TEMP, TMP, and
CLIPPER environment variables to correspond to that user directory.  This
is
not to catch people who don't shut down correctly, it is more for security

issues.
Logging onto the server via remote desktop allows the system administrator

to
assign special security to each user and he wants more control over the 
folders
that each person has or does not have access to.  He does not want every 
user
to have access to the C:\TEMP directory.  I'm trying to accomodate my 
customer.
Does anyone have answers and not just more questions?
- Randy


"Daniel Skousen" <dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:4818c851@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> so, all he is worried about is the scratch files that clipper creates?
> and wants a different directory for each user?
> normally all those "scratch" files are deleted on a normal exit...
> so, he is interested in leftover files on bad exits?
> you have an abuser and are looking for evidence?
>
> dan
>
> N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
>> Dear Daniel Skousen:
>>
>> "Daniel Skousen" <dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:48186d3b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> what is using the "TEMP" environment variable,
>>> your program or other programs you "run"?
>>
>> Clipper does make scratch files referencing it.
>>
>> David A. Smith