March 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

Re: [Zope] Apache Authorization
by Service Informatique CHSR 12 Mar '99

12 Mar '99

>Yes I turned rewite engine on, but maybe not in the right place. I wrote >it into global config. > >I believe do not need to use ExecCGI, since I use ScriptAlias. And >Zope.cgi gets executed, I otherwise wouldn't be able to get to Zope >introductory. > >I'm desperate.... > Well, under RedHat 5.2, mod_rewrite is a DSO, and is activated in the *middle* of the httpd.conf. I had the same problem. The rewrite rules put a the top of the file have no effect because they occur *before* mod_rewrite is activated. I had to put the rewrite rules a the end of the file. I works now. I don't know if this will solve your problem, but, just in case... Regards, Jephte CLAIN Service Informatique CHSR

1 0

RE: [Zope] ANNOUNCE: Advanced DTML HowTo
by Wolf Logan 12 Mar '99

12 Mar '99

i was reading and enjoying the guide when i came across this line: "at different points while rending a DTML document..." i know at times *i've* wanted to rend a DTML document, but i didn't realize that zope did it too. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Amos Latteier [SMTP:amos@aracnet.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 12:38 PM > > Hello Zopesters: > > Are you confused by the subtleties of DTML? Want the skinny on advanced > DTML tricks and gotchas? Check out my advanced DTML HowTo: > > http://www.zope.org/Documentation/HowTo/DTML >

1 0

Guestbook
by David Ascher 12 Mar '99

12 Mar '99

The guestbook product is broken in 1.10.2. I've 'fixed' it by removing both references to OFS.DocumentHandler (import and class inheritance). Now it's not broken, but it doesn't seem to work! Anytime I enter any data, it says 'data entered' but nothing ever shows up in the data view. Has anyone fixed this? BTW, I couldn't find an author name listed anywhere. --david

2 1

Lots of questions:
by andreww＠netscape.com 12 Mar '99

12 Mar '99

1) How do I get Zope to run as a service on my NT box so I dont have to stay logged in for it to run? 2) When I upgrad Zope will I have to re-build all of my applications? 3) Is there an IRC channel for ZOPE? IF not I would like to offer the idea of creating one on say the mozilla or slashdot servers 4) Is there anyone interested in working with me on a Zope/Dreamweaver cross-communication project? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andrew Wooldridge - Opinions expressed are my own - - andreww(a)netscape.com - http://people.netscape.com/andreww/ - ICQ: 6345881 - Find It at http://dmoz.org - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Newbie questions.
by Craig H. Rowland 12 Mar '99

12 Mar '99

Hello, I've looked through all the docs, FAQs and threads of the Zope list for some of these answers and haven't found a clear method described. I'll apologize now if the questions seem obvious, but I'm new to deploying Zope on a web server and need some initial Zope setup guidance. Question 1: Under Zope, what is the proper way to configure the website so users can simply go to http://www.example.com instead of: http://www.example.com/example http://www.example.com:9673/ etc. My understanding is that the mod_rewrite rules will have to come into effect here. Will I also need to do a re-direct of some type? I need some way to direct all URL requests so they are re-written to point to the correct Zope folder. The ideal for me is to have a series of folders in Zope that contain separate websites. The sites can be virtual hosted as needed (although right now I'm only running one site). I can't find a clear description of how to make this happen. Also I don't want to run a separate Zope process and proxy people to the port. I want to have everything running on port 80. I'll have to agree with other posters that a tutorial on the design of the actual Zope site with Zope would be very helpful as they are using a layout of html and hierarchy that is very similar to what I'm pursuing. In fact if someone could provide me with a description of the config they're using it would be a huge help. Question 2: Under .DTML construction of links is it generally considered "better" Zope practice to reference the entire URL or the Zope object hierarchy directly? Question 3: I don't want tracebacks to appear under any circumstances to the end users. I haven't tried anything to counter this yet, but wanted to know what some others have done. Would an approach to this be a try/except positioned in the standard_html_header and footer files? Ideally I would like to catch all exceptions and have it automatically mail the exceptions to the webmaster instead of showing the user (In fact I think this would be a good feature for the product). Question 4: Has anyone pursued a security audit of the Zope code? I've been considering doing this (not that I don't trust the Zope developers, it's just that I don't trust anyone) and would like to work with others if possible. Several of the sites I admin get hacked on very frequently and I'm a little nervous about replacing static web pages with no CGI running anywhere with the exact opposite end of the spectrum with Zope. :) I'm also going to prepare a document describing how to run Zope in a chroot() environment under UNIX to increase security. I'll let the list know when it is complete. Thank you for any responses, -- Craig

2 1

Zope Benchmarks and Performance testing
by Geoff Deering 11 Mar '99

11 Mar '99

I'm new to this list. It seems to me that the www.zope.org is rather slow this week. Documents are taking far too long to be parsed. Pings seem reasonable, so I am expecting that the server may be receiving a lot of requests and being overloaded (maybe from the Web Review article). So I am just wondering what the specs of the system that the www.zope.org ISP is using. Also wondering about stress tests and benchmarks for the Zope system. (It must also depend on backend systems etc) Geoff Deering Web Programmer Charles Sturt University

1 0

Problem setting security on a DTML Method
by Kevin Dangoor 11 Mar '99

11 Mar '99

Hi, Using Zope 1.10.2 on Win95, I was trying to set permissions on a DTML Method. I was trying to set everything except "View" to the Acquired permissions. View was turned on only for "Manager" and "Editor". When I click the change button after setting things as I just described, I get the following Traceback: Traceback (innermost last): File C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 877, in publish_module File C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 590, in publish (Info: /beta/incoming/edit/manage_changePermissions) File C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\AccessControl\Role.py, line 194, in manage_changePermissions (Object: edit) File C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\AccessControl\Permission.py, line 166, in setRoles AttributeError: manage_addProperty If I'm not doing something foolish here, I'll submit this to the Collector. Thanks! Kevin -- Kevin Dangoor kid(a)ans.net / 734-214-7349

1 0

Zope FAQ 0.2.1 and zdp.zope.org
by Martijn Faassen 11 Mar '99

11 Mar '99

Zopists, Zope-hackers, Zopineers and Zopistas, The ZDP is pleased to announce the creation of the zdp.zope.org website. Thanks to Brian Brown of BW Group for generously providing Zope space for the ZDP! Also thank you to the wonderful people at Digital Creations for their support. So go ahead and visit us at: http://zdp.zope.org Please note that zdp.zope.org is very much a work in progress, and so is the Zope FAQ (currently at revision 0.2.1). Still, we've come a long way in barely two weeks time! The FAQ appears to be already useful to some people, which is very good to know. The ZDP and the Zope FAQ eagerly await your contributions, by the way. So run and join the ZDP mailing list! My apologies to the people who may have heard this before. :) Regards, Martijn

1 0

Letting everyone view contents of a newly built site
by raver＠box.dust.za.net 11 Mar '99

11 Mar '99

Hi! Just made a small test-site, and followed the Zope magager guide to how to let anyone view my newly made site, but thisg doesn't work. The doc say that by default everyone should have access to view the contents of a site made by zope, but here the authorization/authentication dialogue pops up whenever someone try to access the site. Cancelling username/passwd just ends in failure. Why ? I'm using apache as webserver for zope and has made it so that apache handles the authentication bit, but still - shouldn't it let 'anonymous' trough? I've had a look at the security settings for both folders and files and they all let 'anonymous view'. Whats wrong? Sture

2 1

Re: [Zope] non-External Methods
by Jeffrey P Shell 11 Mar '99

11 Mar '99

>From: "Shaw, Howard" <ShawH(a)STHS.org> > Does this mean that when Zope is stopped and restarted, it is as if > every External Method has its 'edit' button repushed? If I change code > in an External Method, but don't manually reload it, it will be reloaded > the next time the Zope process restarts? This seems to conflict with > Christoforou's description... Perhaps DC can clarify? External Methods are (to the best of my knowledge) evaluated and their compiled code is kept in process memory (effectively cached) the first time the object (the External Method object pointing to a particular module/method) is activated. It is removed from process memory when the object is de-activated. This is kindof a tricky process and may be effectively cleaned up in the near future so I won't go into too many details here. An important thing to keep in mind is (again, this may change soon) that the compiled code is kept locally in each External Method Object. If you have two EM's in Zope pointing to the same code, you have to use the "Edit" button on _both_ External Method objects to effectively reload it. .jPS | jeffrey(a)digicool.com zope, through the web. www.zope.org

2 1