Problem: Setting the TEMP and TMP environment variables on NT. I cannot change the directory InterBase uses for temporary files. Solution: You need to make sure that the TEMP and TMP variables are defined as SYSTEM variables not variables for the currently logged in user. The ibserver.exe process runs under the NT system account so variables defined for a specific user are not seen. The system control panel applet has 2 listboxes of environment variables, one for system variables (the top box) and one for environment variables for the currently logged in user. To set system variables just click in the top box and edit the "variable" and "value" editboxes at the bottom of the window. Click the "set" button to store the new environment variable. Reboot the system to ensure that the new environment variables are being used. This will work for both NT 3.51 and NT 4.
Last Modified: 02-OCT-00