NAME¶

public - for user root run specific TeX programs as user mktex
public - for all users run specific TeX programs as group mktex

SYNOPSIS¶

public -> [texhash|mktexlsr|mktexmf|mktexpk|mktextfm]

DESCRIPTION¶

Public drops its privileges if called by the user root by switching over to the user nobdy in a clean environment. For all users the group mktex is used. Currently the following programs are supported:

texhash

- create ls-R databases

mktexlsr

- create ls-R databases

mktexmf

- create a Metafont source file

mktexpk

- create a PK file for a font

mktextfm

- create a TFM file for a font

NOTES¶

The umask changed to allow members of the group mktex to read and write files.

AUTHOR¶

2012 Werner Fink

SEE ALSO¶

texhash(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1), sudo(8).