I have a rather involved registration process in which users enter information via multiple forms. This information is then stored in a user table in MySQL. Upon completion of the registration process (and at subsequent logins) the user should be able to access a registered user area. It would seem to me that my options are to create the user in MySQL and then additionally create that user in acl_users or to authenticate the user in MySQL and not use the user folder at all. It seems fairly easy to create the user within the user folder with the manage_users method except that I have only gotten this to work if I set the Manage Users permission to Anonymous for the registered user's directory. This doesn't seem well-advised. Is there a way to execute the manage_users method as a Manager from within a DTML method? If I authenticate the user using the MySQL user table can I then set that user as Authenticated within the SESSION object so that they don't have to re-authenticate within that session? Towards this end, when a user comes back and enters the registered user's area they will be prompted for their username and password. How can I access the username that they entered? Is it within the REQUEST.SESSION object? Is their a way to override the username/password dialog so that it asks for "email address" and "password" instead of "name" and "password". Many thanks in advance for any suggestions that anyone can provide. This is my first project in Zope and I'm rather fumbling along. Marc Stein