There is a product called LocalFS, which will allow you access to the file system. However, the access is with the username/password specified in the properties of LocalFS, so it may be laborious to set up a LocalFS instance for each user you have. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Mario Bianchi [mailto:kammamuri_mb@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:25 AM To: zope@zope.org; zope-dev@zope.org Subject: [Zope] interaction with local FS Hi everyone, I'm curious in finding out how zope interacts with the server's file system: let's say I want to allow the users of my site to manage (read/write) their own files on the server's file system, does Zope support this goal anyhow? As far as I've seen, to me the response seems to be no, it doesn't! The only way to access the server's file system from zope seems to be using the ExternalFile product, which is far from satisfactory from the point of view of file access rights: it only allows access to files owned by zope itself (or in the same group of zope's). No way to access 'someuser''s files with the uid of 'someuser'? Thanks, Mario. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) The information contained in this email message may be privileged and is confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient or any employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient. Any unauthorized use, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message and all attachments from your electronic files.