I have an external method that contains: threadFolder = self.unrestrictedTraverse(topFolder + forumId + '/' + threadId, None) threadFolder.manage_changeProperties({'viewCount': threadFolder.viewCount+1}) When this external method is invoked (via an 'Anonymous' user invoking a dtml method) I get the following authentication error: Traceback (innermost last): Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 115, in publish Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 41, in call_object Module OFS.DTMLMethod, line 144, in __call__ - <DTMLMethod at /Playwiser/WUI/ViewPublicThread> - URL: http://new.playwiser.com/ViewPublicThread/manage_main - Physical Path: /Playwiser/WUI/ViewPublicThread Module DocumentTemplate.DT_String, line 476, in __call__ Module DocumentTemplate.DT_Let, line 75, in render Module DocumentTemplate.DT_Util, line 196, in eval - __traceback_info__: document_id Module <string>, line 1, in <expression> Module Products.ExternalMethod.ExternalMethod, line 232, in __call__ - __traceback_info__: (('ViewPublicThread',), {}, None) Module /apps/Zope-2.9.2/Extensions/playwiser-1.0.py, line 705, in ProcessControl Module <string>, line 1, in ? Module /apps/Zope-2.9.2/Extensions/playwiser-1.0.py, line 6212, in subViewPublicThread Module /apps/Zope-2.9.2/Extensions/playwiser-1.0.py, line 3228, in IncrementViewCount Module OFS.PropertyManager, line 320, in manage_changeProperties Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 311, in __call__ Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 348, in _bindAndExec Module App.special_dtml, line 175, in _exec Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 182, in __getattr__ Module AccessControl.ImplPython, line 563, in validate Module AccessControl.ImplPython, line 461, in validate Module AccessControl.ImplPython, line 808, in raiseVerbose Unauthorized: Your user account does not have the required permission. Access to 'manage_page_header' of (BTreeFolder2 at /Playwiser/PublicForums/0000000000/0000000000) denied. Your user account, Anonymous User, exists at /acl_users. Access requires one of the following roles: ['Manager']. Your roles in this context are ['Anonymous']. I was under the impression that code in external methods runs as 'trusted' and does not incur normal Zope security checks. Is this error being generated because the external method was invoked by a DTML method or is there some other factor that I am unaware of? Thanks, Jonathan