Re: dvips: Secure mode is 1 so execute <...> will not run

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:40:02PM +0000, Michael Franzl wrote:
>  dvips test.dvi
...
>  dvips: Secure mode is 1 so execute <jpeg2ps test.jpeg> will not run

The dvi file that you have created contains a special that wants to
execute a program on your system. This is a potential security problem.
Imagine that someone sends you a dvi file via mail or that you download
something from a web page.

The default configuration of dvips was changed to disallow the execution
of arbitrary programs. You can either:
  - convert the graphics outside the dvips execution
  - turn off the security settings of dvips (either in config.ps to change
    the default to "unsecure" or by passing a -R0 option)

Thomas