: OdesÃlatel: Jim Penny <jpenny@universal-fasteners.com> : Localfs objects have to be readable (at least) by the userid that zope : is running as. Zope should not be run as root, for a variety of good : reasons. Presumably your users own their own files, and in a modern : system, are proably in individual groups. Another solution - what about samba server at local machine and smbfs mounted to the same machine? localfs_user1 --> smbfs_mountedfolder_user1 --> /home/user1 localfs_user2 --> smbfs_mountedfolder_user2 --> /home/user2 etc... Mounting like (single line): mount -t smbfs -o uid=xxx,gid=xxx,username=user1,password=ffffff //localhost/mountpointuser1 /zope_localfs/user1 You only need to hide this file from reading at all, allow executing only. Rights like --x--x--x root root I was used years ago this similar solution for multiple thin dosemu clients. JL.