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== Overview == This page describes how to apply configure and persist custom configuration changes to default settings for changing default directories, including directory paths. For the purposes of this wiki page, it is assumed that ConTeXt is installed at:

The file `<tt>/opt/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua` </tt> contains a number of variables, including:

ConTeXt requires enabling the `write18` function to run [[MetaPost]] and other tools. This implies that malicious TeX code can run any program with user rights. The function is *''disabled* '' by default. This can be enabled by changing the setting inside <tt>texmf.cnf</tt>:

Variables set in a particular file are *''not* '' overwritten by files that are read later.