Making Temporary Modifications to Your Configuration with tmadmin

When you use the tmconfig command to update the TUXCONFIG file and any bulletin board entries associated with it, the changes you make are permanent; they persist after the system is shut down and rebooted.

In some situations, however you may want to make temporary changes to a running application. For example, you may want to:

You can perform these tasks with the tmadmin command, as specified in the procedures provided in this section.

How to Set Environment Variables for tmadmin

Before you can start a tmadmin session, you must set your environment variables and any required permissions. For your convenience, you may also want to select a text editor other than the default editor.

Complete the following procedure to set up your working environment properly before running tmadmin.