--- a/soundserver/artsplay.cc
+++ b/soundserver/artsplay.cc
@@ -42,13 +42,19 @@
 {
 	if(path[0] == '/') return path;
 
-	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	getcwd(buffer,PATH_MAX);
+	int size = 4096;
 
-	if(buffer[strlen(buffer)-1] == '/')
-		return buffer + path;
-	else
-		return string(buffer) + '/' + path;
+	while (1) {
+		char buffer[size];
+		if (getcwd(buffer,size))
+		{
+			if(buffer[strlen(buffer)-1] == '/')
+				return buffer + path;
+			else
+				return string(buffer) + '/' + path;
+		}
+		size *= 2;
+	}
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
--- a/mcop/mcoputils.cc
+++ b/mcop/mcoputils.cc
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 static char *locate_mcop_dir()
 {
   struct passwd *pw_ent;
-  char kde_tmp_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
-  char user_tmp_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
+  string kde_tmp_dir;
+  string user_tmp_dir;
   int uid = getuid();
   const char *home_dir = getenv("HOME");
   const char *kde_home = uid ? getenv("TDEHOME") : getenv("KDEROOTHOME");
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   if (!tmp || !tmp[0])
      tmp = "/tmp";
           
-  kde_tmp_dir[0] = 0;
+  kde_tmp_dir = "";
 
   pw_ent = getpwuid(uid);
   if (!pw_ent)
@@ -97,12 +97,7 @@
      return 0;
   }
 
-  strncpy(user_tmp_dir, tmp, PATH_MAX );
-  user_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
-  strncat(user_tmp_dir, "/tdesocket-", PATH_MAX - strlen(user_tmp_dir) );
-  user_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
-  strncat(user_tmp_dir, pw_ent->pw_name, PATH_MAX - strlen(user_tmp_dir));
-  user_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
+  user_tmp_dir = string(tmp) + "/tdesocket-" + string(pw_ent->pw_name);
 
   if (!kde_home || !kde_home[0])
   {
@@ -119,44 +114,37 @@
      {
         arts_fatal("Aborting. $HOME not set!");
      }
-     if (strlen(home_dir) > (PATH_MAX-100))
-     {
-        arts_fatal("Aborting. Home directory path too long!");
-     }
      kde_home++;
-     strncpy(kde_tmp_dir, home_dir, PATH_MAX);
-     kde_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
+     kde_tmp_dir = string(home_dir);
   }
-  strncat(kde_tmp_dir, kde_home, PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir));
+  kde_tmp_dir += kde_home;
 
   /** Strip trailing '/' **/
-  if ( kde_tmp_dir[strlen(kde_tmp_dir)-1] == '/')
-     kde_tmp_dir[strlen(kde_tmp_dir)-1] = 0;
+  if ( kde_tmp_dir[kde_tmp_dir.length()-1] == '/')
+     kde_tmp_dir.resize(kde_tmp_dir.length()-1);
 
-  result = stat(kde_tmp_dir, &stat_buf);
+  result = stat(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), &stat_buf);
   if (result == -1)
   {
      return 0;
   }  
 
-  strncat(kde_tmp_dir, kde_prefix, PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir));
-  if (gethostname(kde_tmp_dir+strlen(kde_tmp_dir), PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir) - 1) != 0)
+  kde_tmp_dir += kde_prefix;
   {
-     arts_fatal("Aborting. Could not determine hostname or hostname too long.");
+     char buf[1024];
+     if (gethostname(buf, sizeof(buf)-1) != 0)
+     {
+        arts_fatal("Aborting. Could not determine hostname or hostname too long.");
+     }
+     buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0';
+     kde_tmp_dir += buf;
   }
-  kde_tmp_dir[sizeof(kde_tmp_dir)-1] = '\0';
 
-  result = lstat(kde_tmp_dir, &stat_buf);
+  result = lstat(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), &stat_buf);
   if ((result == 0) && (S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)))
   {
      /* $TDEHOME/socket-$HOSTNAME is a normal directory. Do nothing. */
-     tmp_buf = (char *) malloc(PATH_MAX+1);
-     if (!tmp_buf)
-        return 0;
-
-     strncpy(tmp_buf, kde_tmp_dir, PATH_MAX);
-     tmp_buf[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
-        
+     tmp_buf = strdup(kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
      return tmp_buf;
   }
   
@@ -167,26 +155,32 @@
   }
   if ((result == -1) || (!S_ISLNK(stat_buf.st_mode)))
   {
-     arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" is not a link or a directory.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
+     arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" is not a link or a directory.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
      return 0;
   }
-  tmp_buf = (char *) malloc(PATH_MAX+1);
-  if (!tmp_buf)
-     return 0;
 
   /* kde_tmp_dir is a link. Check whether it points to a valid directory. */
-  result = readlink(kde_tmp_dir, tmp_buf, PATH_MAX);
-  if (result == -1)
-  {
-     arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" could not be read.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
-     free(tmp_buf);
-     return 0;
-  }
+  ssize_t size = 2048;
+  tmp_buf = NULL;
+  do {
+     size *= 2;
+     tmp_buf = (char *) realloc(tmp_buf, size);
+     if (!tmp_buf)
+	return 0;
+     result = readlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf, size - 1);
+     if (result == -1)
+     {
+	arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" could not be read.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+	free(tmp_buf);
+	return 0;
+     }
+  } while(result == size - 1);
   tmp_buf[result] = '\0';  
+
 //  printf("Link points to \"%s\"\n", tmp_buf);
-  if (strncmp(tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir, strlen(user_tmp_dir)) != 0)
+  if (strncmp(tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir.c_str(), user_tmp_dir.length()) != 0)
   {
-     arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" points to \"%s\" instead of \"%s\".\n", kde_tmp_dir, tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir);
+     arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" points to \"%s\" instead of \"%s\".\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir.c_str());
      free(tmp_buf);
      return 0;
   }
@@ -221,19 +215,19 @@
 
 
 static
-int build_link(const char *tmp_prefix, const char *kde_prefix)
+int build_link(string tmp_prefix, const char *kde_prefix)
 {
   struct passwd *pw_ent;
-  char kde_tmp_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
-  char user_tmp_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
-  char tmp_buf[PATH_MAX+1];
+  string kde_tmp_dir;
+  string user_tmp_dir;
+  char *tmp_buf;
   int uid = getuid();
   const char *home_dir = getenv("HOME");
   const char *kde_home = uid ? getenv("TDEHOME") : getenv("KDEROOTHOME");
   int result;
   struct stat stat_buf;
 
-  kde_tmp_dir[0] = 0;
+  kde_tmp_dir = "";
 
   pw_ent = getpwuid(uid);
   if (!pw_ent)
@@ -242,9 +236,7 @@
      return 1;
   }
 
-  strncpy(user_tmp_dir, tmp_prefix, PATH_MAX);
-  user_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
-  strncat(user_tmp_dir, pw_ent->pw_name, PATH_MAX - strlen(tmp_prefix));
+  user_tmp_dir = tmp_prefix + string(pw_ent->pw_name);
 
   if (!kde_home || !kde_home[0])
   {
@@ -262,89 +254,106 @@
         fprintf(stderr, "Aborting. $HOME not set!");
         exit(255);
      }
-     if (strlen(home_dir) > (PATH_MAX-100))
-     {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Aborting. Home directory path too long!");
-        exit(255);
-     }
      kde_home++;
-     strncpy(kde_tmp_dir, home_dir, PATH_MAX);
-     kde_tmp_dir[ PATH_MAX ] = '\0';
+     kde_tmp_dir = string(home_dir);
   }
-  strncat(kde_tmp_dir, kde_home, PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir));
+  kde_tmp_dir += kde_home;
 
   /** Strip trailing '/' **/
-  if ( kde_tmp_dir[strlen(kde_tmp_dir)-1] == '/')
-     kde_tmp_dir[strlen(kde_tmp_dir)-1] = 0;
+  if ( kde_tmp_dir[kde_tmp_dir.length()-1] == '/')
+     kde_tmp_dir.resize(kde_tmp_dir.length()-1);
 
-  result = stat(kde_tmp_dir, &stat_buf);
+  result = stat(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), &stat_buf);
   if ((result == -1) && (errno == ENOENT))
   {
-     result = mkdir(kde_tmp_dir, 0700);
+     result = mkdir(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), 0700);
   }
   if (result == -1)
   {
      return 1;
   }
 
-  strncat(kde_tmp_dir, kde_prefix, PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir));
-  if (gethostname(kde_tmp_dir+strlen(kde_tmp_dir), PATH_MAX - strlen(kde_tmp_dir) - 1) != 0)
+  kde_tmp_dir += kde_prefix;
   {
-     perror("Aborting. Could not determine hostname: ");
-     exit(255);
+     char buf[1024];
+     if (gethostname(buf, sizeof(buf)-1) != 0)
+     {
+        arts_fatal("Aborting. Could not determine hostname or hostname too long.");
+     }
+     buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0';
+     kde_tmp_dir += buf;
   }
-  kde_tmp_dir[sizeof(kde_tmp_dir)-1] = '\0';
 
-  result = lstat(kde_tmp_dir, &stat_buf);
+  result = lstat(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), &stat_buf);
   if ((result == 0) && (S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)))
   {
      /* $TDEHOME/tmp is a normal directory. Do nothing. */
-     printf("Directory \"%s\" already exists.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
+     printf("Directory \"%s\" already exists.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
      return 0;
   }
   if ((result == -1) && (errno == ENOENT))
   {
-     printf("Creating link %s.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
-     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir, user_tmp_dir);
+     printf("Creating link %s.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), user_tmp_dir.c_str());
      if (result == 0) return 0; /* Success */
-     unlink(kde_tmp_dir);
-     strncat(user_tmp_dir, "XXXXXX", PATH_MAX - strlen(user_tmp_dir));
-     mktemp(user_tmp_dir); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
-     return create_link(kde_tmp_dir, user_tmp_dir);
+     unlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     user_tmp_dir += "XXXXXX";
+     tmp_buf = strdup(user_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     mktemp(tmp_buf); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
+     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf);
+     free(tmp_buf);
+     return result;
   }
   if ((result == -1) || (!S_ISLNK(stat_buf.st_mode)))
   {
-     fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" is not a link or a directory.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
+     fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" is not a link or a directory.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
      return 1;
   }
   /* kde_tmp_dir is a link. Check whether it points to a valid directory. */
-  result = readlink(kde_tmp_dir, tmp_buf, PATH_MAX);
-  if (result == -1)
-  {
-     fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" could not be read.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
-     return 1;
-  }
+  ssize_t size = 2048;
+  tmp_buf = NULL;
+  do {
+     size *= 2;
+     tmp_buf = (char *) realloc(tmp_buf, size);
+     if (!tmp_buf)
+	return 0;
+     result = readlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf, size - 1);
+     if (result == -1)
+     {
+	arts_warning("Error: \"%s\" could not be read.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+	free(tmp_buf);
+	return 0;
+     }
+  } while(result == size - 1);
   tmp_buf[result] = '\0';
+
   printf("Link points to \"%s\"\n", tmp_buf);
-  if (strncmp(tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir, strlen(user_tmp_dir)) != 0)
+  if (strncmp(tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir.c_str(), user_tmp_dir.length()) != 0)
   {
-     fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" points to \"%s\" instead of \"%s\".\n", kde_tmp_dir, tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir);
-     unlink(kde_tmp_dir);
-     printf("Creating link %s.\n", kde_tmp_dir);
-     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir, user_tmp_dir);
+     fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" points to \"%s\" instead of \"%s\".\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf, user_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     free(tmp_buf);
+     unlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     printf("Creating link %s.\n", kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), user_tmp_dir.c_str());
      if (result == 0) return 0; /* Success */
-     unlink(kde_tmp_dir);
-     strncat(user_tmp_dir, "XXXXXX", PATH_MAX - strlen(user_tmp_dir));
-     mktemp(user_tmp_dir); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
-     return create_link(kde_tmp_dir, user_tmp_dir);
-     return 1;
+     unlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     user_tmp_dir += "XXXXXX";
+     tmp_buf = strdup(user_tmp_dir.c_str());
+     mktemp(tmp_buf); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
+     result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf);
+     free(tmp_buf);
+     return result;
   }
   result = check_tmp_dir(tmp_buf);
+  free(tmp_buf);
   if (result == 0) return 0; /* Success */
-  unlink(kde_tmp_dir);
-  strncat(user_tmp_dir, "XXXXXX", PATH_MAX - strlen(user_tmp_dir));
-  mktemp(user_tmp_dir); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
-  return create_link(kde_tmp_dir, user_tmp_dir);
+  unlink(kde_tmp_dir.c_str());
+  user_tmp_dir += "XXXXXX";
+  tmp_buf = strdup(user_tmp_dir.c_str());
+  mktemp(tmp_buf); /* We want a directory, not a file, so using mkstemp makes no sense and is wrong */
+  result = create_link(kde_tmp_dir.c_str(), tmp_buf);
+  free(tmp_buf);
+  return result;
 }
 
 string MCOPUtils::createFilePath(string name)
@@ -364,11 +373,7 @@
            if (!tmp || !tmp[0])
              tmp = "/tmp";
 
-           char tmp_prefix[PATH_MAX+1];
-           strcpy(tmp_prefix, tmp);
-           strcat(tmp_prefix, "/tdesocket-");
-
-           build_link(tmp_prefix, "/socket-");
+           build_link(string(tmp) + "/tdesocket-", "/socket-");
 	   mcop_dir = locate_mcop_dir();
 	}
 	if (!mcop_dir)