Hello list, I want to run the database in read-only mode from CD and configured it accordingly in the zope.conf: read-only-database on enable-product-installation off zserver-read-only-mode on Starting Zope, I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\run.py", line 56, in ? run() File "\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\run.py", line 21, in run starter.prepare() File "E:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\__init__.py", line 98, in pre pare self.startZope() File "E:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\__init__.py", line 257, in st artZope Zope2.startup() File "E:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\__init__.py", line 47, in sta rtup starter.setConfiguration(cfg) File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\App\startup.py", line 56, in startup File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\DBTab\DBTab.py", line 96, in getDatabase File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\DBTab\DBTab.py", line 113, in _createDataba se File "E:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\datatypes.py", line 163, in o pen DB = self.createDB() File "E:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\Zope2\Startup\datatypes.py", line 160, in c reateDB return ZODBDatabase.open(self) File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\ZODB\config.py", line 97, in open File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\ZODB\config.py", line 133, in open File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\ZODB\FileStorage\FileStorage.py", line 112, in __init__ File "D:\Programme\Zope\lib\python\ZODB\lock_file.py", line 57, in __init__ IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '\\Zope-Instance/var/Data.fs.lock' r+ means opening the file for updating. This has not to do anything with read-only. Does anybody know what I have to configure additionaly, that read-only works? I run Zope 2.8.4 on windows. Many thanks in advance, Ulla.