[Zope] authenticated but user still anonymous

I have looked around quite a bit for this one and haven't found anything that helps. I have a 'raise "debug", (self.REQUEST.AUTHENTICATED_USER)' in my product. I access a dtml method that in turn calls this particular function and after authenticating through the typical browser interface I see the "debug" statement above which shows 'Anonymous User'. Any thoughts? acl_folder is at the root and I override permission acquisition for 'View' and set specific roles. -root -acl_folder -product_necessary_to_authenticate Scott Pierce Sonopress US - Digital Services 828.658.6157