Re: [Zope] Newbie - Zope won't start

Hi, my first posting here - and hopefully helpful :) At 22:13 15.09.00, John VanDyk wrote:

When I try to start Zope with ./start ... Then I get this: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/zope/Zope-2.2.1-linux2-x86/z2.py", line 708, in ? pf = open(PID_FILE, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/zope/Zope-2.2.1-linux2-x86/var/Z2.p id'

I installed it as root and am root when I issue the start command.

This is exactly what you should not be. Normally no daemons should run as "root", because it's a potential security hole. Your linux box should have a user "zope", under which the daemon should run. just do a su - zope and run the "start" script again. For me that did do the trick. Martin