21.0-b57 failure

[...] Loading auto-save.el...*** Error in XEmacs initialization (file-error "Creating directory" "Permission denied" "//.autosave") *** Backtrace really-early-error-handler((file-error "Creating directory" "Permission denied" "//.autosave")) make-directory-internal("//.autosave") (if (not parents) (make-directory-internal dir) (let (... create-list) (while ... ...) (while create-list ... ...))) ) (if handler (funcall handler (quote make-directory) dir parents) (if (not parents) (make-directory-internal dir) (let ... ... ...))) ) # bind (handler) (let ((handler ...)) (if handler (funcall handler ... dir parents) (if ... ... ...))) ) # bind (parents dir) make-directory("//.autosave") (if (file-directory-p dir) nil (setq dir (directory-file-name dir)) (make-directory dir) (set-file-modes dir 448)) [...] Not sure why - I put a symlink from /usr/local/lib/xemacs -> (automounted remote /usr/local/lib/xemacs) Why is it trying to make //.autosave????