March 2003 - Zope - Zope lists

Re: [Zope] Re: Zope digest, Vol 1 #2654 - 34 msgs
by Frederic Faure 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

At 13:40 14/03/2003 -0800, Dylan Reinhardt wrote: >Sounds like a great idea... when you think you've gathered enough >arguments to share, you should write it up and submit it to www.zope.org. :-) Well, just showing people that they don't have to stick an index.php in every single sub-directory of their site is a pretty nice way to get them interested. Second, having a great OOP language like Python is another plus And finally, the fact that Zope is a breeze to install and is available for different OS's as well is another plus. The only thing that might make people suspicious are performance (since I understand most of Zope is built in Python instead of being compiled for the given platform), and having to learn Python and DTML/ZPT, but it's not that big a deal. BTW, I found that playing with PHITE helped me a lot to understand how Zope worked and what added value it offered compared to eg. PHP. Fred.

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VHM probing?
by Dylan Reinhardt 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

Hey all, Looking over the logs this morning, I'm seeing a large number of Not Found errors for requests of the form: http://www.myvirtualhost.com/vhm// (Requests included the trailing double slash... that's not a typo) I'm still looking into what else may have gone on, but it would appear that *something* is attempting to find VHM setups. This probing doesn't look like it was done by hand... there were 14 simultaneous requests at a time to different hosts, spaced about an hour apart. I got probed at least four different times. The requests were repeated in similar patterns. Without knowing anything else, it seems prudent to suggest that y'all might want to give your VHM objects a name other than the typical variants on "VHM". Since it doesn't matter anyway, why not pick something a little less guessable? I'll post more information if I dig anything up. As it stands, it doesn't appear that anything has been compromised or defaced. Is anyone else seeing this? Dylan

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xml-rpc illegal characters
by Ed Colmar 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

I've got a xml-rpc error that has creeped in, and I'm curious what the standard procedure is for making sure this does not happen. All of these xml-rpc fields are user input areas, and are pretty much not protected. Users can enter any charaters they want... So far it has been working well, but now I've got this: Syntax error at line 4324: illegal character in content To be expected I guess... So, my question is, what are people using for stripping out these characters before sending the data over xml-rpc. Or, put another way, what characters are permitted? Should I just strip out everything that is not alphanumeric? Thanks! -e- -- Green Graphics ::: Print and Web Design ::: 510.923.0000

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zope process goes to sleep
by AM 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hi, We have Zope 2.6.1 (upgraded) running behind Apache 2.0 on a Redhat 8 dual processor machine with Py 2.1.3. Its been live for quite a few days. Now every night at around 3-5 AM the server sort of stops responding. A ps -ax still shows the process running, and a ping to port 8080 on the machine returns a valid response, just that the server doesnt respond and Apache returns a proxy error. Also before that happens the apache logs show that there are not hits for quite some time. Once I restart the zope process everything sworks fine then. Any ideas as to what might be causing that? Has anybody seen that before?/ My start script: #! /bin/sh umask 077 export INSTANCE_HOME="/var/local/zope" export ZSYSLOG="/dev/log" export EVENT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/zope/Zope.log" cd $INSTANCE_HOME /usr/bin/env bin/python $INSTANCE_HOME/z2.py \ -D \ -Z1 \ -C \ -t 20 \ -z /var/local/zope \ -u zope \ -X \ -a 192.168.10.172 \ -P 8000 \ -m - \ -p - \ -f - \ -M /var/log/zope/detailed.txt \ -l /var/log/zope/zserver.txt TIA AM -- ================================================================== Aseem Mohanty Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, 828 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706 (R) 510 7696011 (M) 510 3014871 (O) 510 5279231 ================================================================== "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there!!" -- Steve Gonedes ==================================================================

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Code question
by Gunnar Kongsrud 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hi, I have a question about a code in pyhton. If the code below make my articals sort automatacly articals after 01.01.2003 ho do i get it to sort articals from 01.01.2001 to 01.01.2002 by using a simular code? python:object.portal_catalog(meta_type='Artikkel', level=object.level(), sort_on='Date', Date=['2003-01-01'],sort_order='reverse', Date_usage='range:min')

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eldav (webdav in emacs) loads just already proceeded html files
by stave＠brailcom.org 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hello, I use this to load index_html: Ctrl-X Ctrl-F: Find-file: :http:/localhost:9673/index_html It will load proceeded html output (without tal, args, ...). I do know how to load source, not zope output. I already tried to find out more info about it, without success :-) Either it is very small mistake, or new technology yet. I have got tramp installed in emacs too. Thanks, -- Jan Stavěl

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Performance of dtml-tree in ZMI
by Pascal Samuzeau 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hi, Zope2.6.0 under Win XP Since some days, the performance of the result of the dtml-tree of the left window of the ZMI is going lower to lower. Now, when I just recognize me from manage, I have to wait 1 minute to get the tree management. Any idea about this slow performance? Sincerily PS -------------------------------------------------- Oreka ! Nous sommes l'internet moins cher ! Surfez 25% moins cher avec http://www.oreka.com

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Re: [Zope] Unable create photo object using dtml and python
by LIM TIENAIK 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

i just took up zope and still experimenting with it. What is a file upload object..? Can you show me an example? >Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:19:29 +0100 >From: "Stefan H. Holek" <stefan(a)epy.co.at> >To: LIM TIENAIK <lim_tien_aik(a)hotmail.com> >cc: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: Re: [Zope] Unable create photo object using dtml and python > >The file parameter you pass to manage_addPhoto must be a FileUpload >object=20 >not simply a filename. > >Stefan > > >--On Donnerstag, 13. M=E4rz 2003 15:59 +0000 LIM TIENAIK=20 ><lim_tien_aik(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I would like to ask for a little help with the photo and photo folder > > product. I have installed it on zope, but adding photo dont seems to >work > > with either dtml or python. The syntax i used to add a photo is > > <dtml-call "manage_addProduct['Photo'].manage_addPhoto(name,title, > > file)"> and the syntax i used in python is > > context.manage_addProduct['Photo'].manage_addPhoto(name,title,file). > > Those 2 ways dont work and the error message from zope i receive is >Error > > Type: AttributeError > > Error Value: read > > Traceback (innermost last): > > File C:\Program Files\skyheavens\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, >line > > 150, in publish_module File C:\Program > > Files\skyheavens\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 114, in publish > > File C:\Program Files\skyheavens\lib\python\Zope\__init__.py, line 158, > > in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: skyheavens) > > File C:\Program Files\skyheavens\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, >line > > 98, in publish File C:\Program > > Files\skyheavens\lib\python\ZPublisher\mapply.py, line 88, in mapply > > (Object: addPhotoScript) > > File C:\Program Files\skyheavens\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, >line > > 39, in call_object (Object: addPhotoScript) > > File C:\Program > > Files\skyheavens\lib\python\Shared\DC\Scripts\Bindings.py, line 252, in > > __call__ (Object: addPhotoScript) > > File C:\Program > > Files\skyheavens\lib\python\Shared\DC\Scripts\Bindings.py, line 283, in > > _bindAndExec (Object: addPhotoScript) > > File C:\Program > > Files\skyheavens\lib\python\Products\PythonScripts\PythonScript.py, line > > 291, in _exec (Object: addPhotoScript) > > (Info: ({'script': <PythonScript instance at 01849B40>, 'context': > > <Folder instance at 01783810>, 'container': <Folder instance at > > 01783810>, 'traverse_subpath': []}, ('picuture', 'a new picture', > > 'C:\\WINDOWS\\Desktop\\shirt-design\\cover2.jpg'), {}, None)) File > > Script (Python), line 1, in addPhotoScript > > File C:\Program Files\skyheavens\lib\python\Products\Photo\Photo.py, > > line 654, in manage_addPhoto AttributeError: (see above) > > > > > > I hope that someone can help me with this. Thanks > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Are you in love? Find a date on MSN Personals http://match.msn.com.my/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > >-- >Those who write software only for pay should go hurt some other field. >/Erik Naggum/ > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 18 >Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:24:27 -0600 >From: "Michael R. Schwab" ><Michael.Schwab-mail.zope.org(a)icantbelieveididthat.com> >To: Chris Withers <chrisw(a)nipltd.com> >CC: sean.upton(a)uniontrib.com, zope(a)zope.org >Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope product security question > >Chris Withers wrote: > > Michael R. Schwab wrote: > > > >> The issue that I'm facing seems to be Zope's security model. The > >> ZDG's security guide has even specified that object properties that > >> are basic Python types cannot have their permissions set via the usual > >> security.declarePublic() call (this includes 'id', 'meta_type', >'title'). > > > > This is true. > > > > Yoru options are: > > > > 1. setDefaultAccess('deny') and then provide setter and accessor methdos > > for the attributes in question. > > > > 2. I believe setDefaultAccess can be passed a list or function that > > determines whether an attribute is accessible. You'd have to do some > > research on this. > >Ok, to implement via option #2: > >Set the following security declarations: > >__roles__ = () >security = ClassSecurityInfo() >security.setDefaultAccess( {'id':1, > 'meta_type':1, > 'title':1} ) > >This allows public access to the 'id', 'meta_type', and 'title', but >disallows access to all other properties such as 'ctime'. >Alternatively, you can also specify an inaccessible property with >'ctime':0 in the security.setDefaultAccess() call. > >Its a bit of a hoop jumping lesson, but it works. Thanks Chris! > > >> I don't want to specify security.setDefaultAccess( 'allow' ) as this > >> would allow access to mutable types within my product from scripts and > >> defeats the purpose of setting a strict default security policy. > > > > > > Be careful. OFS.SimpleItem.SimpleItem does this anyway, so you'll have > > to ensure you specifically set the policy in your product. > > > > cheers, > > > > Chris > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 19 >From: "Michael Havard" <nhavar(a)hotmail.com> >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: Re: [Zope] can zope port to java/dotnet? >Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:43:24 +0000 > >Maybe we're looking at this from the wrong direction. Maybe the best way to >leverage those skills and toolsets is in the area of interoperation instead >of porting the whole shebang from trendy platform to trendy platform. > >For example lets say on my team I have 1 python, 6 java, and 2 .net people. >I could use the python guy to create a product that communicated with a >larger product created by the 6 java developers that used some other >component created by the .net people. > >These languages don't have to be used to the exclusion of all else. I see >this same thing happen in Java based web development. None of the java >programmers want to know anything at all about >HTML/CSS/Javascript/XML/XSLT. >They want to focus on Java generating it all for them and it ending up >perfectly on the other side - sans designer. They see no value whatsoever >in >learning or much less coding any script, html, or css. It's all about JSP, >STRUTS, whathaveyou(which of course has to be learned, but that seems to be >out of their realm of understanding). > >I fear that Java programmers of today are going to be the COBOL programmers >of tommorrow. They'll be 55 years old extolling the virtues of the virtual >machine and JIT well after something else has become popular. They'll be >locked into a decreasing job market because they refused to go outside of >their box and learn anything new. They'll end up like Powerbuilder >programmers ;). > > > >From: Dylan Reinhardt <zope(a)dylanreinhardt.com> > >To: Chen Fu <novalet(a)yahoo.com.cn>,zope(a)zope.org > >Subject: Re: [Zope] can zope port to java/dotnet? > >Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:45:47 -0800 > > > >At 07:15 PM 3/12/2003, =?gb2312?q?Chen=20Fu?= wrote: > >>I like zope for its pure OO framework. is it the only > >>work among the CMSs take this design? If it is true, > >>why not any other clone in java, c# or cpp? > > > >If people who programmed in c# or java cared about using good tools, >they'd > >have switched over to Python by now. :-) > > > >>I agree Python is a good language, but it faces many > >>challenges also like relative slow speed > > > >Python code won't execute as fast as assembler, but you'll finish your > >project a lot faster and have an easier time maintaining it. > > > >>, short of > >>programmer(compare with java cpp) > > > >Python is today poised where Linux was about 6-7 years ago... most people > >have barely heard of it and only a few have found out first-hand how > >utterly it eclipses just about everything other choice in a wide range of > >applications. Six years ago was a great time to be building your > >credentials as a Linux guru... now is a great time to be investing your > >time in Python. > > > >>and short of elite > >>programming environment (like MS visual studio). > > > >There are overpriced IDEs for Python too. :-) Anyway, 90% of the >problems > >solved by IDEs just aren't problems in Python. Turn on syntax >highlighting > >in Vim and you've got pretty much all the environment you could possibly > >need. > > > >>Some articles explain why the zope can't port from > >>CPython to JPython. But how about a rebuild in pure > >>java/cpp/c#? is it possible and deserved? > > > >A more important question is why you'd bother. Why waste important > >development time achieving barely any more performance than you might >have > >gotten out of a memory upgrade? Besides, who want to recompile every >time > >you upgrade a product? > > > >Evaluating Python (or Zope) for its speed of execution is asking the >wrong > >set of questions about this kind of software. Performance matters >*some*, > >but not nearly as much as development cost, maintenance cost, and time to > >market. If you work in an environment where software gets validated or > >audited, you just can't beat Python for its clarity. When push comes to > >shove, it's usually a lot easier to get more hardware than more hours of > >good programming talent. > > > >If you want to improve Zope's performance, you can start by delegating > >more. Proxy aggressively. Serve all static content (especially images) > >out of Apache. Do more load balancing. Upgrade to ZEO. Once you look >at > >the big picture, there are very few situations where tweaking low-level > >code is the most efficient way to conceive of improving performance. > >Just because Zope *can* serve as an all-in-one tool doesn't mean that's >the > >best way to use it. > > > >There are situations where writing the smallest, fastest thing possible >is > >critical... most web apps just aren't in that domain. If you're having > >performance problems in a web app, your time is almost always better >spent > >tweaking the graphics than just about anything else. > > > >My $.02, > > > >Dylan > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > >http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > >** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > >(Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > >http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 20 >Subject: Re: [Zope] Struggle to call a Zclass object from another web >object >From: pieter claassen <pieter(a)openauth.co.uk> >Reply-To: pieter(a)openauth.co.uk >To: Dylan Reinhardt <zope(a)dylanreinhardt.com> >Cc: zope(a)zope.org >Organization: OpenAuth Limited >Date: 13 Mar 2003 16:43:56 +0000 > >Ok, point taken, but... > >The folder that I placed my product (remember we are talking ZClass >product here) in does have a standard_html_header and footer. So this >looks like some kind of bug and the object traversal is not working. All >I want to do is include the result of the __call__ in a html page so >that I can __call__ a number of objects (just by including them as ><dtml-var>) and return their results in one page. > >This works fine for any native zope object (folder, file etc.) but for >my custom Zclass based product, it fails. > >Another pointer is that when I do this ><dtml-var newster> > >I get the following rendition in my web page > ><NewsManager at newster> > >I have worked around the problem by calling the Object URL in an inline >frame, but that is a little lame. > >Here is my ZClass's index_html > ><dtml-in "objectValues('Message')"> > ><dtml-unless expire> ><table width="606" border="1" cellspacing="2"> ><tr><td> ><h1><dtml-var title></h1> ></td></tr> ><tr><td> ><h2><dtml-var summary></h2> ></td></tr> ><tr><td> ><p><dtml-var body> ></td></tr> ></table> ></dtml-unless> > ></dtml-in> > >And this is the error that I get when I call it as follows: ><dtml-with newster> ><dtml-var expr="newster.index_html()"> ></dtml-with> > >Error traceback >Traceback (innermost last): > Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish > Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply > Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object > Module OFS.DTMLMethod, line 126, in __call__ > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 474, in __call__ > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_With, line 76, in render > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_Util, line 201, in eval > - __traceback_info__: newster > Module <string>, line 2, in f > Module OFS.DTMLMethod, line 119, in __call__ > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 474, in __call__ > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_In, line 628, in renderwob > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_Util, line 201, in eval > - __traceback_info__: objectValues > Module <string>, line 2, in f >NameError: global name 'objectValues' is not defined > >Thanks, >Pieter > >On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 15:18, Dylan Reinhardt wrote: > > The problem is you're having is not the problem you think you're having. > :-) > > > > You're getting an error for standard_html_header. Zope hasn't gotten to > > parse the expression you're fiddling with yet, so don't be surprised if > > what you're doing continues to produce errors. > > > > Tracebacks are a very good thing to get in the habit of reading. >Typically > > the most important information is contained in the last couple steps, > > though in Zope, it's sometimes the case that the real error is five or >six > > steps in. > > > > In this case your error is right on the last line: > > Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 474, in __call__ KeyError: > > standard_html_header > > > > When objects get rendered, the __call__ method is typically used on > > them. Everything to the left of that is unlikely to be useful to you >until > > you get to the point where you're modifying source code. Looking to the > > right of __call__, a KeyError usually pops up when an object name can >not > > be resolved by Zope. This error is telling you that Zope was unable to > > find the standard_html_header object. > > > > So make sure there is a standard_html_header in your root folder that >you > > have permissions to view it. That should fix the problem... or at >least, > > it will get you along to the next one. :-) > > > > HTH, > > > > Dylan > > > > > > At 02:09 AM 3/13/2003, pieter claassen wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > > > > >I guess I still don't get Zope completely. > > > > > >I wrote a news manager Zclass that works well. Normally I get to the > > >object by calling the newster/index_html method (the default >behaviour). > > > > > >I want to integrate it into my website and in my root directory I have > > >the following objects: > > > > > >index_html (dhtml object) > > >menu (dhtml object) > > >top (dhtml object) > > >news (Zclass object) > > > > > >I want to do use my index_html to do pull all these objects together on > > >a single page like: > > > > > ><dtml-var standard_html_header> > > ><dtml-var top> > > ><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> > > ><tr> > > ><td> > > ><dtml-var menu> > > ></td> > > ><td><dtml-var news></td> > > ></tr> > > ></table> > > ><dtml-var standard_html_footer> > > > > > >But, clearly calling <dtml-vat news> just doesn't call the index_html > > >method on the news object and include the result. > > > > > >I have tried things like <dtml-var expr="news.index_html()"> and that > > >get an error that > > > > > >Traceback (innermost last): > > > > > > * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish > > > * Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply > > > * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object > > > * Module OFS.DTMLMethod, line 126, in __call__ > > > * Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 474, in __call__ > > > * Module DocumentTemplate.DT_Util, line 201, in eval > > > __traceback_info__: newster > > > * Module <string>, line 2, in f > > > * Module OFS.DTMLMethod, line 119, in __call__ > > > * Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 474, in __call__ > > >KeyError: standard_html_header > > > > > >Somebody out there must have solved this problem? Any help is > > >appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Pieter > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > >http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > >** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > >(Related lists - > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >-- >----------------------------- >Pieter Claassen >pieter(a)openauth.co.uk >http://www.openauth.co.uk > >OpenAuth >Tel: 01344 390530 >DDI: 01344 390630/390631 >Fax number: 01344 390700 >Mobile: 0776 665 6924 > >Highview House >Charles Square >Bracknell >Berkshire >RG12 1DF > >TERMS AND CONDITIONS >(i)The information contained in this email and attachments is only >intended for the addressed recipient(s) and may not be distributed or >viewed by any other party without the explicit consent of the sender. If >you have received this message by accident, please contact Pieter >Claassen (pieter(a)openauth.co.uk) and destroy any electronic or physical >copies of the information contained in it, immediately. >(ii)This email is not certified to be virus free and OpenAuth accepts no >liability for losses arising from you receiving this email. >(iii)Any digital signatures (if present) used to authenticate this >email, only serves to allow you to verify the originating email address >of the sender and should not be relied upon to prove identity or base >financial transactions on, unless the Certificate Practice Statement >that the signature references, explicitly states differently. >(iv)This email may be subjected to further terms and conditions as >published on the company website at http://www.openauth.co.uk. If you >need to rely on the information contained in this email in any way, then >you should read those terms and conditions to understand how much you >can trust the information in this email. >(v)OpenAuth retains the copyright on any relevant material that is >included in this email. > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 21 >From: pieter claassen <pieter(a)openauth.co.uk> >Reply-To: pieter(a)openauth.co.uk >To: zope(a)zope.org >Organization: OpenAuth Limited >Date: 13 Mar 2003 16:51:38 +0000 >Subject: [Zope] Product (ZClass) distribution rights management > >Apologies for the repeat post but I have not had an answer on this one. > >1. Is there any way to override the permissions built into ZCLass >product distribution framework so that I can create recover the >development code that I thought I could modify, but it turned out that I >don't have the rights to repackage the code? > >2. Where does the modifications to the Zclass based product gets stored >(it is certainly not stored in the /lib/python/Products/productx as I >have zipped that up and moved it over to my new machines and it was the >original version without any of my modifications) > >This problem might turn out to be a serious issue and very damaging for >Zclass based products. > >Thanks, >Pieter > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 22 >To: "Michael Havard" <nhavar(a)hotmail.com> >Cc: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: Re: [Zope] can zope port to java/dotnet? >From: William Goedicke <goedicke(a)goedsole.com> >Date: 13 Mar 2003 11:56:49 -0500 > >Dear Y'all - > > > >At 07:15 PM 3/12/2003, =?gb2312?q?Chen=20Fu?= wrote: > > > >>I like zope for its pure OO framework. is it the only > > >>work among the CMSs take this design? If it is true, > > >>why not any other clone in java, c# or cpp? > > > > > >>I agree Python is a good language, but it faces many > > >>challenges also like relative slow speed > >Of course, you must be suggesting Python is slow relative to c#, cpp. >Python like a decent abacus is blindingly fast compared to java. > > Yours - Billy > >============================================================ > William Goedicke goedicke(a)goedsole.com > http://www.goedsole.com:8080 >============================================================ > > Lest we forget: > >When you think something nice about someone you're with, tell them >about it. > > - William Goedicke > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > >End of Zope Digest _________________________________________________________________ Download ringtones, logos and picture messages from MSN Malaysia http://www.msn.com.my/mobile/ringtones/default.asp

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by Michael Havard 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

having a problem getting the absolute_url or portal_url within a CMF site. We have a framed site that puts a ZOPE CMF site in one frame when needed. When the frame is first loaded all the links point to "mysite:8200" instead of where the ZOPE instance is being run "mysite:8300". If I right click on the zope frame and reload I get the correct links but loading it from another frame breaks the link reference. Is there another way to get the url? _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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LDAPUserFolder and Micro$oft AD (ugh!)
by larry_prikockis＠natureserve.org 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Greetings fellow Zope-addicts :-) First-- no need to remind me that LDAPUserFolder isn't in any way designed specifically to interoperate properly with Active Directory... I'm stuck with AD for the moment. I'm running Zope 2.6.1 on Linux (RH 7.1). I have the latest version of LDAPUserFolder, python-ldap, open-ldap, etc. installed. For the most part, everything works as advertised. However- there's a weird glitch that crops up, apparently in the process of searching through certain portions of my Active Directory structure (over which I have no direct control- despite my fervent desire to reorganize it more sensibly) Basically, the structure looks like this: Dc=mydir,dc=org ou=division1 ou=division2 ou=division3 cn=Configuration (lots of other junk under here ?!!) User entries can be located under any of the various division ou's, so I need to use a base DN: dc=mydir,dc=org and "subtree" for the scope setting. What I get, when searching for a user entry is the following: Error: {'desc': "Can't contact LDAP server", 'info': 'Referral:\nldap://mydir.org/CN=Configuration,DC=mydir,DC=org'} If I specify a user base DN of, e.g., ou=division1,dc=mydir,dc=org, then all is well (though of course, I'm not really searching the full scope of records I want to search). Any ideas on how to tell where this error might be occurring (it strikes me that it's probably related to something in python-ldap or open-ldap, rather than the LDAPUser folder, but I don't know.) Or is there some way I can tell modify the code to ignore the CN=configuration portion of the directory tree? (since that seems to be the root of the problem for whatever reason and it's not something I need to look at for user authentication anyway). Sorry for the long-winded message, but this has been driving me batty and I'm hoping it'll ring a bell with someone out there. Thanks much... Larry Prikockis

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