[tex-live] [pretest] Windows: can't compile documents, permission problem

[Zdenek Wagner]

Have you tried to delete all generated files between steps 10 an 11?
Maybe they are owned by an administrator and ordinary users are not
allowed to overwrite them.
Zdeněk Wagner
http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/
http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz


2015-05-21 23:10 GMT+02:00 Stephan Hennig <sh-list at posteo.net>:
> Hi,
>
> with a fresh TL2015 installation I cannot compile simple TeX documents
> on Windows 7 Prof. x64 as a user:
>
>> C:\Users\Stephan>tex story
>> This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2015/W32TeX) (preloaded format=tex)
>> tex.exe: c:/texlive/2015/texmf-var/web2c/tex/tex.fmt: Permission denied
>
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> (This is an installation from a local rsync mirror.  There's no other
> TeX Live installation and no legacy target directory c:\texlive.
> There's no on-access virus scanner installed here, only ClamWin
> on-demand scanner.)
>
> 1. Log-on as user with administrator privileges.
>
> 2. Open a command prompt with elevated privileges (e.g., type 'cmd' in
> quick search and hit Control + Shift + Enter).
>
> 3. cd path\to\local\rsync\mirror
>
> 4. Run install-tl-advanced.bat
>
> 5. Click 'Continue' button in anti virus advice window.
>
> 6. In TL setup windows change first entry from 'scheme-full' to
> 'scheme-minimal'.  (I observe the same problem with a custom collection,
> too.  I've tried several times.)  Don't change any other settings.
> Note, 'install for all users' is set to 'yes'.
>
> 7. Hit 'Install TeX Live' button.
>
> 8. After installation close TL GUI.
>
> 9. Open new command window.
>
> 10. Type 'tex story' and hit Enter.  At the TeX prompt type '\bye' and
> hit Enter.  The file compiles fine, DVI output is generated.
>
> 11. Log-off administrator user.
>
> 12. Log-on as normal user.
>
> 13. Open command window.
>
> 14. Type 'tex story' and hit Enter.  Bummer!
>
> Installation log is attached.  There's no TeX log file created when
> trying to compile file story.tex.
>
> Anybody else observing the problem?
>
> Best regards,
> Stephan Hennig