There are magical things beyond my control happening - security mechanisms. As this is a security issue and there is no way (that I know) around it -- its that much more frustrating. 99% of sane people, in development - would like to turn MOST security restrictions off. Is there a way to tell Guard.py, "down boy!" ?? dealing with BEA Weblogic (which relies on Java's security model) -- there are the same issues. but you can basically tell the Java Security model allow_what_god_shouldnt_be_able_to_do. please someone shed light on this. it seems no one I run across understands how to do this (use External Method, is the response I get) or anything about the new security model of ZOPE. -- which *appears* to be understandable and sane. NOTE: External Methods (which are what most people use, I would bet) have 0 security mechanism. that is why they are so powerful. ZOPE preaches TTW. (Script) Python needs to be able to have as much power as External Methods, IMO. ~runyaga trying to get (Script) Python to use xmlrpclib here is my (Script) Python, getXML: from Products.ExposedModules.xmlrpclib import Server s=Server('http://betty.userland.com') n=s.examples.getStateName(41) return n here is my lib/python/Products/ExposedModules/__init__.py: from Products.PythonScripts.Utility import allow_module, allow_class from AccessControl import ModuleSecurityInfo, ClassSecurityInfo from Globals import InitializeClass import xmlrpclib ModuleSecurityInfo('Products').declarePublic('ExposedModules') ModuleSecurityInfo('Products.ExposedModules').declarePublic('xmlrpclib') ModuleSecurityInfo('Products.ExposedModule.xmlrpclib').declarePublic('Server ') allow_module('Products.ExposedModules.xmlrpclib') security.declarePublic('Server') from xmlrpclib import Server allow_class(Server) #security.apply(globals()) here is my bloddy traceback: Error Type: Fault Error Value: <Fault 7: 'Can\'t evaluate the expression because the name "_guarded_reads" hasn\'t been defined.'> Traceback (innermost last): File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publ ish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publ ish.py, line 187, in publish File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Zope/__init__.p y, line 226, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: ApplicationDefaultPermissions) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publ ish.py, line 171, in publish File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapp ly.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: getXML) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publ ish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: getXML) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scrip ts/Bindings.py, line 324, in __call__ (Object: getXML) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scrip ts/Bindings.py, line 354, in _bindAndExec (Object: getXML) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Python Scripts/PythonScript.py, line 359, in _exec (Object: getXML) (Info: ({'script': <PythonScript instance at 89a3a10>, 'context': <Application instance at 8a07f00>, 'container': <Application instance at 8a07f00>, 'traverse_subpath': []}, (), {}, None)) File Script (Python), line 3, in getXML (Object: guard) File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/RestrictedPytho n/Guards.py, line 115, in guard File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Expose dModules/xmlrpclib.py, line 547, in __call__ File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Expose dModules/xmlrpclib.py, line 630, in __request File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Expose dModules/xmlrpclib.py, line 585, in request File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Expose dModules/xmlrpclib.py, line 601, in parse_response File /home/runyaga/ZopeInstallation/Zope_software_home/lib/python/Products/Expose dModules/xmlrpclib.py, line 371, in close Fault: (see above)