#2418 Issue closed: Is it possible to change the directory that mkrescue uses? as some of the server we have noexec on /tmp

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moonSymph opened issue at 2020-06-05 05:47:

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Is it possible to change the directory that mkrescue uses? as some of the server we have noexec on /tmp #2418

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jsmeix commented at 2020-06-05 08:41:

see TMPDIR in default.conf
https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf#L44


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