I'd like Zope to restart automatically upon reboot. I found the following z2.py argument with Zope 2.6, but by itself it doesn't seem to do much. From the z2.py --help:

-Z 0 or 1

UNIX only! This option is ignored on Windows.

This option controls whether a management process will be created that restarts Zope after a shutdown or crash.

If the argument to -Z is non-null (e.g. "-Z1" or "-Zyes"), a management process will be used. If the argument to -Z is "-", or "0", (e.g. "-Z-" or "-Z0"), a management process will not be used. On UNIX, the default behavior is to create a separate management process (e.g. -Z1) if the -Z option is not specified.

(Note: the -Z option in Zopes before Zope 2.6 used to be used to specify a pidfile name for the management process. This pidfile no longer exists).

I'm running Zope on Linux (RH 7.3), but I'm a Linux newbie. Is this the way to get Zope to start on boot? If so, why doesn't it seem to work? Do I need to install / run as root? I know there are other ways to start Zope on boot, but I wonder if adding this parameter to my start script would work somehow. I did add the argument ('-Z1' and '-Z 1') to my start script, but Zope doesn't start upon rebooting. Thanks in advance, Jon Whitener Detroit