I have the following code stuffed away in a DTML Method <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('name','steve3')"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('password','test')"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('confirm','test')"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('roles','RegisteredUser')"> <dtml-call "acl_users.manage_users('Add',REQUEST,RESPONSE)">> After that code excutes there is a user with the name 'steve3' but if I try to edit 'steve3' via the web interface I get the following. **** Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: TypeError Error Value: string member test needs char left operand <!-- Traceback (innermost last): File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: RoleManager) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_users) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: manage_users) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/AccessControl/User.py, line 578, in manage_users (Object: RoleManager) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/App/special_dtml.py, line 120, in __call__ (Object: _editUser) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String .py, line 502, in __call__ (Object: _editUser) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_In.py, line 691, in renderwob (Object: valid_roles) File /home/drees/zope/Zope-2.1.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.p y, line 335, in eval (Object: _vars['sequence-item'] in user.roles) (Info: _vars) File <string>, line 0, in ? TypeError: (see above) -steve ---- drees@the-bridge.net http://www.the-bridge.net/~drees "A problem well stated, is a problem half-solved." - C. Kettering