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Making users work
by Malcolm Box 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hi all, As a Zope newbie (sorry!), I'm deeply confused by how to make users work the way I want. The site I am developing is an "ideas" site, where people can vote on ideas and post new ideas. What I want to achieve is that everyone can access the content or vote anonymously, but to post they have to log in. As this is an intranet site, the WinNT domain controller already has a list of every possible user and a password, so I want to use this to authenticate who people are, and I certainly don't want to have to create and maintain a Zope user for each and every person in the organization! When people try to post without logging in, I want to send them to a page explaining the login requirements and giving them a login form, rather than popping up a http authenticate dialog. To say that I have no clue how to go about this is an understatement. I think there are three parts to this - one is the login form, the other is setting the right permissions on the posting form and the third is accessing the NT user database. I've looked at LoginManager, acl_users and various howtos, but I can't work out how to put it all together, despite my feeling that it's all there somewhere :-) So could anyone outline how to go about this - pointers to dtml source, howtos etc gratefully received. Cheers, Malcolm -- ********************************************************************** Symbian Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 01796587 and registered office at 19 Harcourt Street, London, W1H 4HF, UK. This message is intended only for use by the named addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify postmaster(a)symbian.com and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. Symbian does not accept liability for any corruption, interception, amendment, tampering or viruses occurring to this message in transit or for any message sent by its employees which is not in compliance with Symbian corporate policy. **********************************************************************

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Displaying the current date
by Andreas Pauley 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hi, How do I display the current server-side date with DTML? Thanks, Andreas. -- ... Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.)

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RE: [Zope] Zope 2.3.1 Catalog is there a bad bug in this?
by Max M 03 May '01

03 May '01

> From: chrism(a)sylvanoffice.com [mailto:chrism@sylvanoffice.com]On Behalf > Of Chris McDonough > I don't know what version you upgraded to, but doing an "Update Catalog" > on the Advanced tab should rid your Catalog of this problem. The state > in older catalogs is an unknown, and doing this puts all the moons in > the right order. I tried that, but then I get the below error: Error Type: TypeError Error Value: not enough arguments; expected 2, got 1> Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_catalogReindex) File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: manage_catalogReindex) File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/ZCatalog. py, line 325, in manage_catalogReindex (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/ZCatalog. py, line 429, in catalog_object (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.p y, line 448, in catalogObject File /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.3.1-linux2-x86/lib/python/SearchIndex/UnTextIndex.py, line 323, in index_object TypeError: (see above) Max M. W. Rasmussen, Denmark. New Media Director private: maxmcorp(a)worldonline.dk work: maxm(a)normik.dk ----------------------------------------------------- Shipping software is an unnatural act

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Browser sniffing for wireless devices
by Chris Muldrow 03 May '01

03 May '01

Anyone doing browser sniffing with Zope to determine whether a user is coming in with and HDML or WML-enabled phone? I've got some leads on this, but I REALLY don't want to have to check for every USER_AGENT available. Is there a good way to check and see A) if it's a WML device B) If not, if it's an HDML device C) If it's not, is it an HTML device? AND another wireless Zope conundrum. I'm serving some HDML pages from Zope. When I feed a Content-Type: text/x-hdml with the page, it doesn't show up on my Verizon Motorola 2260 phone. When I don't send the content-type, it does show up. The opposite is true on the Phone.com SDK phone browser--without a content-type, it chokes, but with a content type, it works. Any enlightenment? Thankee! -- Chris Muldrow, muldrow(a)mac.com

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TUX and Zope? + ab results
by Jason Byron 03 May '01

03 May '01

This may sound silly, but do you think it would be feasably to get some more speed out of Zope by combining it with TUX (the linux kernel based web server) ? Maybe build the python interpreter into it ? I know, speed isn't important, abstraction is better, yada yada yada. It's just totally cool to see results like this, and I want to make Zope as cool as possible. 1000 requests, 100 at a time TUX 2898.55 Requests per second AOLserver 603.14 Requests per second Apache 502.51 Requests per second Zope 60.57 Requests per second bear in mind this is my piece of crap celery 700 with 128Megs RAM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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Can my Catalog problem problem be caused by the VirtualHostMonste r
by Max Møller Rasmussen 03 May '01

03 May '01

All my content got indexed before I installed the VirtualHostMonster and now the url in the search result doesn't seem right, and I cannot use the "Update Catalog" as it gives me an error message. Some searches gives me strange results too. Regards Max M

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Out of the Box = ZopeApplianceWorld
by Jason Cunliffe 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hello I am very interesting in gathering info on Web Appliances, and any network savvy devices which could play well with Zope. One example: SitePlayer http://www.siteplayer.com/ <quote> SitePlayer, the World's smallest Ethernet web server. The first product in a family of embedded web servers designed to enable any microprocessor-based device to become web enabled easily and inexpensively. In approximately one square inch, SitePlayer includes a web server, 10baseT Ethernet controller, flash web page memory, graphical object processor, and a serial device interface. SitePlayer developer kit is $99.95. SitePlayer modules are : $49.95 in 1-9 QTY, $19.95 in 100000-999,999 QTY Includes software licensing fees. For high volume or surface mount applications, SitePlayer chip sets are available. </quote> Going further, If there is interest I will set up a collborative Zope site for posting news, reviews, brainstorming, & pursing scenarios and how-to using embedded devices, media i/o, Zope design strategy for creative in- and out-of-the-box Zope-based applications. - Set-Top [Embedded] Box Zope - Webphone Zope - Embedded Zope - Zope for Transport - Medical Zope - Zope for Artists - Zope Web Mapping - Zope for Schools - Urban Zope - Bodega Zope - Zope for Restaurants - ZopeCams - LargeScreenZope - Zope at the Airport[Train/Bus/FerryStation] - etc Instead of getting bogged down answering the question "What is Zope?", I suggest "What can people do with Zope?". I am particularly interested in public and community applications, including art and media related. There is so much great Zope development work taking place, but the broader context of web applications, why/how seems to have lost some spark. Wher do we go from here..? I natturally want to play to Zope strengths: free, cross-platform, TTW, openSource, etc. Discussing ideas will also bring out where Zope is lacking or ill-suited. ..interested? - JASON ___________________________________________________________ Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS['Interactive Art and Technology']

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Re: Re: [Zope] restricting public access (fwd)
by Patrick 03 May '01

03 May '01

OOppss... forgot to copy to the list... Patrick. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:16:13 +0300 (EAT) From: Patrick <patrick(a)eahd.or.ug> To: Rudi Wurm <Net_Seeker(a)web.de> Subject: Re: Re: [Zope] restricting public access Ooops, that "inherit permissions" was a serious typho;:( The real tab is "aquire permissions" and no, it does not mean that the permissions of the object are used..... it means that this object should AQUIRE or INHERIT permissions from its parent folders... just some zopeish terminology: [which u can see induced me to make the typho].. So what you need to do is uncheck ALL the aquire permissions settings apart from the ones that you do not mind being public... THEN you MUST make sure that you explicitly define ALL the permissions for the different roles because it will not inherit - make that aquire - any from any of the containers higher up in the heirachy... Sorry for the typho, Hope this helps THIS Time. Patrick. On Thu, 3 May 2001, Rudi Wurm wrote: > that sounds ok. but where is this damn tab ? I only have a "aquire permission settings" checkbox for each permission in the security-tab of a folder, which, as long as i know, means, that permission settings for this object are used at all. Do i need a new version of Zope to have this tab? The version i use is about a month old. > If i could find that tab, it should solve my prob, because i really have to put the general permission to view and access all object, defined in the root folder, out of effect for that particular private folder. > > thanks at all ! > > Torsten K�hnel > ><patrick(a)eahd.or.ug> schrieb am 02.05.01: > > I **think** that you did not uncheck the "inherit permissions" tab which > > makes any folder or object for that matter aquire the permissions of it's > > parent folder. You need to do this if you have a folder which you want to > > declare private but is contained in a folder that was declared public. > > Hope this helps, > > Patrick. > > > > On Wed, 2 May 2001, Rudi Wurm wrote: > > > > > i would like to restrict the public access of a Zope site to only a few folders. what is the easiest way to do this ? > > > i unchecked the view-permission in the root-folder for the anonymous role, to make this setting work in the appropriate folders. i then had to grant this permission on any item in my root-folder which is accessed by the public, but my folder with all items below are autmatically still visible, although the permission in this folder is not set. > > > what did i wrong ? > > > > > > TorstenK > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > > Die Fachpresse ist sich einig: WEB.DE 20mal Testsieger! Kostenlos E-Mail, > > > Fax, SMS, Verschl�sselung, POP3, WAP....testen Sie uns! http://freemail.web.de > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > > (Related lists - > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Die Fachpresse ist sich einig: WEB.DE 20mal Testsieger! Kostenlos E-Mail, > Fax, SMS, Verschlusselung, POP3, WAP....testen Sie uns! http://freemail.web.de > >

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talking to Sybase from FreeBSD 4.2
by Reinoud van Leeuwen 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hello world, being fairly new (but already enthousiastic:-) on Zope, I am trying to get my Zope 2.3.1 (on Python 2.0) talking to a Sybase (11.0.3.3) database, from a FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE box. (Zope 2.3.1 on Py 2.0 is what the current port makes of it) (My Zope is running inside a FreeBSD jail, but I do not think this is relevant to my problem). I have looked on recent information about Sybase and Zope, but everything seems to be about two years old :-(. The instructions from The_Jester do not work (I think the diff files are too old) When I try to build the Sybase DA (SybaseDA-2_0b2) from the instructions in the README, it stops somewhere by complaining that /usr/local/lib/python2.0/config/Setup.thread is not found (and indeed this file was in python 1.5 but not in 2.0)... Has anyone recently gotten this to work? (either with native Sybase libraries or FreeTDS libraries) Or should I try to use SQL relay? TIA, Reinoud

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Anounce: Zope Geeks dot Org
by Tane Piper 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hi there everyone, Not trully satisfied with the current zope sites out there, and needing a home for my upcoming zope projects, I have started www.zopegeeks.org (currently at http://tanepiper.zopesite.com/squishdot/ until the domain name propigates). It will be located on Zopesite for the meantime, until I sort out hosting of my own. The two projects I will be focusing on will be: ZGeeklog is the Zope port of Geeklog, a PHP based weblog and portal system. (I wanted to call it Zopelog, but that was taken!) ZBB is a Bulletin Board system, similar to Ultimate Bulletin Board, PHPBB and other similar systems. Now, I have no timeframe for either of these projects, they will be started and finished when I am ready (read: not too busy). Any comments/suggestions/ideas are welcome. Tane Piper Lead Designer - ZZICT Entertainment http://www.zzict.nl

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