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showed -shell-escape alternative in texexec.ini
shell_escape = t
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For a slightly less-compromised system, you might like to consider the following change to the appropriate line in [[texexec.ini]]:
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for tetex set TeXPassString to -progname=context -shell-escape
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(If yours is a non-tetex system, choose the appropriate line. If there are other options present, like <tt>--default-translate-file=cp8bit</tt>, then don't delete them!)
This will enable <tt>\write18</tt> support per <tt>texexec</tt> job, and not system-wide. An administrator would therefore only have to worry about malicious ConTeXt code, and not about other TeX systems running. With the second modification, you can leave the <tt>shell_escape</tt> line in <tt>texmf.cnf</tt> commented out/false.
