May 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

UserFolder for NT authentication
by htrd90＠zepler.org 26 May '99

26 May '99

My NTUserFolder now seems to be stable, and it is just about small enough to post here. This user folder authenticates users based on NT user accounts, and allocates roles to those users based on permissions applied to some registry keys. This has been tested on 1.10.2, and needs build 124 of the Win32 extensions. Any feedback gratefully accepted; I hope this is useful to someone else. Toby Dickenson

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RE: [Zope] small problem in external methods
by Michel Pelletier 26 May '99

26 May '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dougiamas [mailto:martin@complex.curtin.edu.au] > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:54 AM > To: martin(a)complex.curtin.edu.au > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] small problem in external methods > > > I wrote: > > > this seems like it should work, but doesn't: > > > > def example(self): > > foldername = 'fred' > > subfolders = self.objectItems(['Folder']) > > return subfolders[foldername].title > > Thanks to Rik Hoekstra for pointing out tuples don't behave like > dictionaries, and to Dr. Ross Lazarus for a better way: > > def example(self): > foldername = 'fred' > if foldername in self.objectIds(): > return getattr(self, foldername).title I believe 'return self[foldername].title' will also work. Folder objects support __getitem__. BTW, this is a good question for zope-dev. -Michel the overly subtle > > The Zope list comes through again! > > Cheers! > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, > zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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RE: [Zope] Apache/Zope newbie setup help
by Michel Pelletier 26 May '99

26 May '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Edwards [mailto:redwards@golgotha.net] > Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 8:10 PM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] Apache/Zope newbie setup help > > > Hi Folks, > > I've been toying with Zope on an NT server machine for a > few days and I'm > interested enough to try it on the real server, my Debian > GNU/Linux box > running Apache-SSL 1.3.6.4. > > I've read the install and webserver.txt docs but I still > don't have the > configuration just right. I can access Zope alright, and I > put the rewrite > rule in and that seems to be working. What I'm having a > problem with is the > access. > You are not alone, this particular step in Zope configuration has been dificult for many. Unfortunatly, the documentation is sparse, and the behavior of various zope Apache interactions is not entirely known enough to document thorougly. It is impossible to test and document Zope's behavior with each version of Apache, much less each *recent* version of Apache. > A couple of stupid questions, if you don't mind. What > apache config file > should the <Location...> block be put into; I'm assuming access.conf, > correct? (And yes, I'm restarting apache to reread the > config files (in case > you're wondering).) The apache I am most familiar with (the version escapes me) had a consolidated configuration file, httpd.conf. In reality the three file system is a holdover from NCSA server, and Apache just concatinates the three files anyway into one interal configuration, so the most recent versions of Apache have depreciated all but the primary (httpd.conf) file. Since it sounds like your Apache is older than the ones we have worked with (by nature of it's three file setup) you'll have to play with this a bit. First thing I would recommend doing is downloading Zap (avilable from the standard Download page on www.zope.org) and studing it's zap.conf file. Zap is a precompiled and preconfigured Zope + Apache for glibc6 linux systems. It's config file should give you a bit of a clue. Then, I would recommend turning on your RewriteLog, and setting the RewriteLogLevel to 9, and carefully looking at the log output (if you can't figure it out, send 1) your conf file (just relevant portions, please) 2) your rewriteloglovel 9 output (just a couple of hits) and 3) the exact circumstances in which it fails for you). This brings me to a second point. Someone out there *please* take a day's worth of time to help us sanify this whole Apache situation. There must be someone who is expert enough in Apache matters to make things easier on all of us. All of us know that Zope works just fine with Apache, and most of us run it in this configuration, therefore the effort needed to come up with clear documentation on how to get Zope working with Apache in most configurations should be near optimal-minimum. Whomever can write up a good tutorial on Zope + Apache matters and problem solving in a FAQ like format, will get a Zope T-shirt, attribution in the webserver.txt file, an area on www.zope.org to post your information, and the infinite respect of the Digital Creations team as a True Hero(tm) of Zope. > > Though I get an authentication prompt, I just get an > "Authentication > failed. Retry?" prompt in Netscape. In the location block, I have > AuthUserFile pointed at /usr/local/zope/access, which is the > edited access > file for my zope install. Does this sound correct? Nope. It sounds like you are trying to get Apache to do the authorization for you. This is generally the wrong position to take unless you can't under any circumstances compile in or load in the rewrite module (you do have the rewrite module loaded right? Try 'httpd -l') . Don't use AuthUserFile at all, study the conf file that comes with Zap. In any case your stated config won't work at all, because Apache expects crypt()'ed passwords in the AuthUserFile, and Zope expects plain text. > > Any tid-bits, smacks with a clue-bat, tips, and pointers > to documentation > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. *Smack* study the zap.conf file. *Smack* study the zap.conf file. *Smack* study the zap.conf file. -Michel > > -- > Regards, | Windows98 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a > . | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 > Randy | bit operating system originally coded for > (redwards(a)golgotha.net) | a 4 bit microprocessor written by a 2 bit > http://www.golgotha.net | company that can't stand 1 bit of > competition. > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, > zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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FYI: Zope slides from WWW8 on-line.
by Amos Latteier 25 May '99

25 May '99

Hi, I've just finished getting Paul Everitt's WWW8 presentation on Zope on-line. http://www.digicool.com/Library/FTPB/index.html It's a fairly interesting discussion of open source from a business perspective. And of course, it features Zope. -Amos -- Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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Apache/Zope Newbie How-To (maybe....)
by Evan Simpson 25 May '99

25 May '99

Minor nits/additions to this fine draft: 1. I don't set up any Apache authorization, and it works fine (version 1.3.2 w/SSL). Perhaps 1.3.6 adds some difficult behavior? 2. Make sure that your zope/var directory (and all its contents) has owner:group set to nobody:nobody, or whatever your Apache runs under ('ps uaxw | grep httpd' and check the first column). I even chmod it to 2770. 3. If you don't want the '/Zope/' prefix, or (my own situation) you're mixing Zope-served with Apache-served stuff and your pages are being designed by somebody with a tool that wants '.htm[l]' extensions, try inserting this line directly before the RewriteCond line: RewriteRule ^/(.*)\.py\.html(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/Zope/$1$2 This will allow you to refer to, say, '/Zope/ex/parrot/pining' as '/ex/parrot/pining.py.html', or from non-Zope page '/ex/parrot/fjords.html' as 'pining.py.html'. 'till-Dreamweaver-groks-Zope-ly y'rs Evan Simpson

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Re: [Zope-dev] Calendar tag and MS-Access Database fails on date type
by niki.spahiev＠usa.net 25 May '99

25 May '99

I think that this is related to strange date syntax of M$_Access. e.g. #xx/yy/zz# Have you tryed with other more-SQL server? Niki Spahiev

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Re: [Zope] ZODB and large data sets
by Paul Crowley 25 May '99

25 May '99

Howard Clinton Shaw III <shawh(a)sths.org> writes: > Currently, Zope 1 uses a single file to store its data. That means > that it is subject to the ext2 fs limit of 2gb on 32 bit systems. On > an alpha, no such limit (ok, there is, but its on the order of 8 > million terabytes), Um. Are you saying that Alpha-based Linux systems write their filesystems in a 64-bit way that 32-bit x86-based systems can't read? I don't think this is true: I'm under the impression that if a disk is formatted ext2 than any Linux system, of whatever architecture, can read and write it, implying that the limitations are cross-platform too. Bear in mind also that Zope runs on platforms other than Linux... -- __ \/ o\ paul(a)hedonism.demon.co.uk http://www.hedonism.demon.co.uk/paul/ \ / /\__/ Paul Crowley Upgrade your legacy NT machines to Linux /~\

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ZOracleDA for NT binary
by T. C. Huang 25 May '99

25 May '99

Hi,Zoper: Any one has built ZOracleDA binary for Windows NT? I want to connect Zope 1.10.2 (NT) to Oracle Server 7 in my company, but I have no C compiler on NT platform. Does any one have a binary distribution? T.C. Huang

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small problem in external methods
by Martin Dougiamas 25 May '99

25 May '99

Another small Zope/Python problem I just can't seem to nail, no matter what docs I read. In one of my external methods, I have the name of a subfolder in a string variable. How can I reference properties of this subfolder? ie this seems like it should work, but doesn't: def example(self): foldername = 'fred' subfolders = self.objectItems(['Folder']) return subfolders[foldername].title Ideas? -- ### Martin Dougiamas -- Internet Agent "...The Eighties, ### Centre for Educational Advancement the Nineties, ### http://cea.curtin.edu/staff/martin the Naughties."

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ANN: Running ZServer as service using srvany
by Alexander Staubo 25 May '99

25 May '99

I put together something that lets you run ZServer as a service (permitting Zope to run without needing to log on first) under Windows NT, until ZServer gets this functionality built in. I'm planning on writing a service proper, but until that happens there is this little fix. "There is a simple way to run ZServer as a service under Windows NT. Microsoft releases two handy (unsupported) utilities as part of the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit, for the purpose of running non-services as services, called instsrv.exe and srvany.exe. These utilities can let you run any program or Python script, not just ZServer, as a service. To install ZServer as a service, run the included Python script install.py." Download at http://www.mop.no/~alex/download/zserver-srvany.zip. -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom smashers and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation's laws." --S. J. Perelman

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