Ok, it's Zope 2.0.0b5. I have RedHat 6.0. I downloaded the source of python 1.5.2 and compiled --withthreads I installed python in the default /usr/local/lib, Killed the old python 1.5.1 Symbolic links to /usr/bin for python and python 1.5 so the other RH stuff doesn't break. Apache has been terminated. Installed zope in /usr/local/bin/Zope using python wo_pcgi.py as root. ran start. get this message: ------ 1999-08-26T22:04:48 PROBLEM(100) ZServer Computing default hostname ------ 1999-08-26T22:04:48 INFO(0) ZServer Medusa (V1.10) started at Thu Aug 26 23:04:48 1999 Hostname: localhost Port:8080 ------ 1999-08-26T22:04:48 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Thu Aug 26 23:04:48 1999 Authorizer:None Hostname: localhost.localdomain Port: 8021 ------ 1999-08-26T22:04:48 INFO(0) ZServer Monitor Server (V1.5) started on port 8099 Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/bin/Zope/z2.py", line 494, in ? pf = open(PID_FILE, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/bin/Zope/var/Z2.pid' what am i doing wrong?