How to specify a unique java.io.tmpdir for each user of a multi-user Eclipse installation?
I have an Eclipse installation on a multi-user Linux system at /opt/eclipse/ . Unfortunately, because of a defect in m2eclipse-mavenarchiver , this plugin uses a folder in a system temporary directory that is common for all users (this manifests as a "permission denied" message for a pom.xml file). I planned to specify a unique value for java.io.tmpdir in a common eclipse.ini based on a user name, but it turned out that it is not possible . One option is to have a per-user installation of Eclipse where each eclipse.ini would have its own value of java.io.tmpdir (e.g., -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp