We have a standard acl_users folder in the site root and an exUserFolder in a subfolder With an apache front end and Virtual Host Monster the outside world does not know about the root layer. This morning I created an extra layer, moving the actual site down and leaving room for some development areas not obvious to the outside world. Some hard-coded utilities did not work properly, but they were easily found and fixed. It all went very well. I would absolutely endorse the recommendation not to substitute your root level acl_users folder. I have tried things on a development box and found myself locked out of the user area - fixed by going in at the root level and using Undo. Cliff Mark Barratt wrote:
David Hassalevris wrote:
I do not like the idea of replacing acl_users in Zope root. Especially if you are attaching User Information to something like an external DB (if the DB server goes down you are locked out of Zope!). Also, if you use SUF - first test it out in a new subfolder. When you are confident then drop it in a production (sub) folder.
Thanks. Problem is, this is an existing site that has been accreting cruft, hard-coded absolute links, and all sorts for some years. I guess I could choose a subfolder, do the tests, then copy the whole of the site into that folder and use VHM to make it the effective root - but there's a couple of hundred megabytes of stuff - is that a safe operation?
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