November 2005 - Zope

ASP404 on Win2003
by Brian Sullivan 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

I have for a while successfully used the ASP404 script ( http://www.zope.org/Members/hiperlogica/ASP404) front ending part of a zope server using IIS on Win2000. Recently I changed the front end server to Win2003. I have been attempting to use the same technique there. All seems to work except for the fact that the "FORM" part of the request header appears to go missing during the process -- so all form submits in my particular case fail. I have yet to determine the root cause, but near as I can tell the "FORM" request segment loss happens before the asp script gets to handle the redirection, presumably a change in Win2003's 404/405 error handling strips this out intentionally or inadvertently? Are others seeing this same phenomenon? Any work around?

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RE: [Zope] Zope Version
by Doyon, Jean-Francois 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Ah yes, some earlier zope 2.7 versions had that problem ... And at some point, python 2.3.4 and then 2.3.5 became the recommended python versions. So you're probably somewhere between 2.7 and 2.7.3 ... 2.7.4 prefers python 2.3.4. You can always do a "grep -r "2.7" *" from the root of your Zope installation, see if it's in there somewhere? I believe there is a VERSION.txt file, but it probably is the containing the bad version identifier. J.F. -----Original Message----- From: Asad Habib [mailto:ahabib@engin.umich.edu] Sent: November 28, 2005 4:03 PM To: Doyon, Jean-Francois Cc: zope(a)zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] Zope Version Hi. I looked in there already but it does not state the version. This is what it says: Zope Version (unreleased version, python 2.3.3, darwin) - Asad On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Doyon, Jean-Francois wrote: > Just look in the Management Interface, in the Control Panel ... > > J.F. > > -----Original Message----- > From: zope-bounces(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-bounces@zope.org] On Behalf > Of Asad Habib > Sent: November 28, 2005 3:54 PM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] Zope Version > > How do I determine which version of Plone/Zope I am using? Is there a > version file somewhere in the Zope hierarchy? I can't seem to find one. > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > > - Asad > _______________________________________________ > 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 ) >

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RE: [Zope] Zope Version
by Doyon, Jean-Francois 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Just look in the Management Interface, in the Control Panel ... J.F. -----Original Message----- From: zope-bounces(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-bounces@zope.org] On Behalf Of Asad Habib Sent: November 28, 2005 3:54 PM To: zope(a)zope.org Subject: [Zope] Zope Version How do I determine which version of Plone/Zope I am using? Is there a version file somewhere in the Zope hierarchy? I can't seem to find one. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. - Asad _______________________________________________ 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 )

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ZMI
by Mark Smith 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I have had to reinstall Plone and Zope on my computer. I now find that when I try to log into ZMI and http://localhost:8080/manage comes up, it tells me that I am not authorised to view this resource. I am using the correct user name and password. I would be gratefu if anyone could suggest how to resolve this problem. Yours sincerely Mark Smith

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xform in zope 2.8
by Tim Nash 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Does anybody know how to monkey patch 2.8.0 so zope can process an xform? I found the xmlFix patch but a fellow zope user pointed out that 2.8.1 breaks the monkey patch because of the zope.app.publication.HTTPPublicationRequestFactory object. Does 2.8.0 have the HTTPPublicationRequestFactory object? I cannot find it but then I also cannot seem to process the xform. Thanks! Tim

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Zope Foundation draft docs available for review/comment
by Rob Page 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello everyone: We have published a draft set of formation documents for the Zope Foundation. A zip file of the complete set of docs is available online at: o http://tinyurl.com/7crf8 The next steps in the process are: o Community review, comment, incorporate feedback cycle(s) (one or two?) o Submit final drafts to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) for iteration/editing/polishing o Form the Foundation! :^) Please participate in the review and comment period. You can do so via IRC and/or email. o IRC: We have scheduled the following IRCs to discuss the docs in real time: Who: Zope Community What: IRC to discuss Zope Foundation formation documents. Where: #zope on irc.freenode.net When: #1: Fri, Dec 9, 730a - 9a (US/EST) #2: Tue, Dec 20, 730a - 830a (US/EST) US/EST is GMT-5. o Email: We've also created a mailing list for Foundation-related topics. This list is available at: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation Please subscribe to this list for email-based discussions of the foundation. We would like to thank the formation review committee for their careful work reading, reviewing and commenting on the drafts up to this point. o Takeshi Yamamoto, CEO, Zope Japan KK o Jan Smith, OzZope o Jean-Marc Orliaguet, Chalmers University/CPSSkins o Kit Blake, CEO, Infrae o Christian Theune, CEO, Gocept and DZUG o Eric Barroca, Managing Partner, Nuxeo o Hadar Pedhazur, Chairman, Zope Corp o Rob Page, CEO, Zope Corp o Rajesh Setty, Chairman, Cignex o Dan Ravicher, Legal Director, Software Freedom Law Center o Karen Sandler, Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center Finally, Kit Blake and Jan Smith have been kind enough to volunteer to work on a FAQ. We will work to get this public in the near future. Special thanks to them - I imagine their FAQ work will increase somewhat for the next couple of weeks. :^) Regards, Rob -- Rob Page V: 540 361 1710 Zope Corporation F: 703 995 0412

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Help with Apache and Plone & Zope Intranet configurations
by Daniel Berhane 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

We are in the process of setting up access control for our new Intranet which is Plone and Zope application running on port 8080. The access control should allow all our company users within the Firewall read access to the Intranet server without login. Outside the Firewall, all users have to authenticate to have read access. We are using Apache modules mod_auth_ldap for access control and mod_rewrite to map the URL and into a shorter friendly domain name with the standard http port 80. The mod_auth_ldap configuration and mod_rewrite configuration work well separately but create problems when we try to put them together. The main problem, we have is the authentication directives work only under the context of "directory" and because the Plone & Zope is a separate application server running under a different port, the mod_rewrite module can not be run under the context of "directory". Please have a look at the current Apache configuration below. The mod_rewrite part works OK but no authentication happens. There may be another solution to the problem and I would be grateful to hear your comments and suggestions. I know the information I've given you may not be detailed enough, but I will be happy to discuss it with you if you need more details ... <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName intranet.mycompany.com RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://localhost:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/intranet.mycompany.com:80/Plone/… [L,P] <Directory /> order deny,allow deny from all allow from 172.24 AuthType Basic AuthName "Company Intranet" LDAP_Debug On LDAP_Server ldap.company.com LDAP_Connect_Timeout 1000 Base_DN "o=company" require valid-user Satisfy any </Directory> </VirtualHost> thanks, Daniel.

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Re: [Zope] why will FastCGI not be supported in the Future.
by Sascha Welter 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

(Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 08:28:56AM -0500) zope-request(a)zope.org wrote/schrieb/egrapse: > From: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu(a)ze.tum.de> > I'm a little bit puzzled why there are growing Number of Mails telling > that the support for FastCGI will disappear in the future. Why is this. > > I am running multiple sites that are hybrides of apache/php and zope. It's > very easy to set up such a config with mod fastcgi and Apache. Our perception of reality seems to differ a lot. Setting up hybrid sites with RewriteRules / mod_rewrite and VHM in Zope is incredible easy, much easier than configuring fastCGI in httpd.conf. (And I'm not even counting having to compile fastcgi and hooking it into apache.) In helping relative newbies (to zope|apache) to configure their "zope gehind apache" setup on #zope (irc.freenode.net)I found out that life is much easier with 2 rewriterules. You will need rewriterules anyway if you want to force /manage access to https. And afer the rewrite rule "witch" was running, "zope behind apache" support on #zope has dwindled down a lot. > It works > just fine and very stable, even on heavy load. Here my experience differs a lot from yours it seems. > The posibility to Easy integrate Zope in existing apache/php server was one > of our main reasons to use Zope. > > I know there is a way to do just the same with mod_proxy, but mod_proxy does > open new connection for every request while fastcgi uses the same connection > for all requests. The is no problem on low load. But with growing load, this > can become a Problem. This is the fun part. Only a couple of weeks ago I grew bored having to restart / reinvestigate / sacrifice dead chicken for our one legacy zope instance that was run through fastcgi. Not really high load on the server, but high load on the admin due to apache? zope? getting stuck somehow. > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:05:22 +0100 > In none of the Postings is an reason why FastCGI ist bad and therefore not > supported in the future. Just to say "so it is" is not an Answer. Experiences may differ, see above. For me it's "fastcgi, never again". It likely was great at some point in the past, but there is better stuff now. I value the undisturbed time that I can advance our company codebase too high, I don't want to be interrupted all the time with "XY hangs". As someone else mentioned, it's up to you! Regards, Sascha

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how to auto refresh the browser with dtml
by Allen Huang 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

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Re: Zope's Webdav port for RESTful web service
by Sascha Welter 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

(Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 12:00:08PM -0500) zope-request(a)zope.org wrote/schrieb/egrapse: > Am Samstag, den 26.11.2005, 21:17 -0400 schrieb David Pratt: > > Hi. I am looking at how to implement a RESTful web service in Zope2. > > Could you expand a bit on whatever a RESTful web service is? Hi Tino, I looked it up in Google. Too me it just looks like a regular buzzword accelerator. You do what you have always done, you just put in a megaton of new acronyms and buzzwords. Instant profit! To the orginal poster: I bet the best way to implement this is by making python scripts and page templates that return xml. No need to mess with webdav. No big deal either. Regards, Sascha

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