On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 07:11:46PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 15:31 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote: > > Yes, either $HOME/.jack_server_sockets_path_<hostname> > > or /tmp/jack_server_sockets_path_<username> > > i see the attraction, i am just not sure its the best solution. While I agree, something like /tmp/blahblah_$USER is a very common solution to this issue. A quick survey of my /tmp shows the following things are doing it this way: alsa csdebug gaim gconfd keychain kde ksocket mapping mc mcop mplayer orbit ssh-agent xmms xses I can't even place where some of those are coming from! -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37