Having seen Zope recommended on Usenet last week, I decided to check it out, Monday I found the Webreview article in the email box. I have been reading as much as I can find, but one question is always on my mind, when ever I find one of these wonderful, does it all systems. Can I install it ? Not, is it to complicated to install, but do I need root access to the machine to install this application. This question and the answer have killed many a promising application (DB & BBS). So, the question is, can Zope be installed in a typical Telnet account ? The install docs mention, you have to be root user, to install some components, does this mean what I fear it means ? (machine admin, ie. super user) Tom
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 10:27:35AM -0500, Thomas Schruefer wrote:
Can I install it ? Not, is it to complicated to install, but do I need root access to the machine to install this application. This question and the answer have killed many a promising application (DB & BBS).
You should be able to install a binary package as a typical user on a UNIX machine. If your machine already has Python 1.5.1 or higher installed (don't they all?!?!?! :-) then you can just install the basic source distribution of Zope and do the: $ python wo_pcgi.py Thing :-) You can then use the ZopeHTTPServer on a untrusted port (over 1000) and off you go :-) If you want to use Apache+PCGI you probably will need administrator support, and if yo uwant to be on a port under 1000 you'll need it.
The install docs mention, you have to be root user, to install some components, does this mean what I fear it means ? (machine admin, ie. super user)
You should be able to get a feel for it without being root. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli ``Television is bubble-gum for | petrilli@amber.org the mind.''-Frank Lloyd Wright
You can indeed install it. I had originally had a standard telnet sort of account on a FreeBSD machine. You can basically get a full-featured Zope if your web provider runs apache with mod_rewrite. (If they don't have mod_rewrite, authentication is a little bit more of a headache.) The thing to beware of is that PCGI starts a long running process and many hosting companies will not be pleased about this. Kevin On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 10:27:35AM -0500, Thomas Schruefer wrote: ,----- | | Having seen Zope recommended on Usenet last week, I decided to check it | out, Monday I found the Webreview article in the email box. I have been | reading as much as I can find, but one question is always on my mind, | when ever I find one of these wonderful, does it all systems. | | Can I install it ? Not, is it to complicated to install, but do I need | root access to the machine to install this application. This question | and the answer have killed many a promising application (DB & BBS). | | So, the question is, can Zope be installed in a typical Telnet account ? | | The install docs mention, you have to be root user, to install some | components, does this mean what I fear it means ? (machine admin, ie. | super user) | | | Tom | | _______________________________________________ | Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org | http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope | | (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, | zope-dev@zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) `----- -- Kevin Dangoor kid@ans.net / 734-214-7349
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