I tried doing this. I replaced the top level acl_users with a UserDB that used cookie authentication. Now I can't get into the site at all. Everytime I try to manage or just view the site I get a basic authentication dialog. If I login using either a super-user password or a manager account, nothing is accepted. This is a serious problem. Can anyone help me reverse or fix the problem. I am using zope through iis4.0 and it has worked fine up till now.

-----Original Message----- From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:Brian@digicool.com] Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 12:15 AM To: 'Service Informatique CHSR'; Jay, Dylan; zope@zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] How do I replace the top level acl_users folder.

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I am trying to use the UserDB package for authroization via ODBC, however the management screen won't let me delete the top level acl_users folder. You can't!

I had the same problem. What I had to do is: - create the Roles in the toplevel folder, - create the users database connection in the top level folder - create a UserDB in *all* subfolders of the top level folder, that use the toplevel database. - and put only anonymous stuff in the top level folder.

If someone has a better approach, I am interested.

Ack. This is something we need to fix somehow. The problem is that if you get rid of the top-level userfolder, there is nothing to perform authentication/authorization and the site is effectively inaccessible :(

I have come up with a fix for this that will appear in 1.11.0. You will now be able to delete the top-level user folder in order to replace it. Note, however, that during the time that you have no top-level userfolder, the mgmt interface for the top-level folder will be accessible *only* to the superuser.

The fix involves only two files in lib/python/OFS/: Application.py and ObjectManager.py. I have attached new versions of these files that you can drop into your 1.10.2 installation if you like. After replacing the files, restart Zope and you should be able to replace your top-level userfolder with a userdb or other userfolder-like object.

Let me know if you have any problems!

Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com