I am using parsed xml . I have a parsed xml file in a folder. I tried to lockdown my plone site, by following the link in http://plone.org/documentation/howto/HowToCreateAPrivatePloneSite This works great ( basically set a whole bunch of workflow state permissions to authenticated then run the update security settings) if you don't have a parsed xml file inside your site, but if you do you get a nastly little error TypeError: hasattr expected 2 arguments, got 1 The even.log file says: 2004-07-15T16:12:32 ERROR(200) SiteError http://localhost:5555/nerwa/portal_workflow/updateRoleMappings Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py", line 100, in publish request, bind=1) File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\ZPublisher\mapply.py", line 88, in mapply if debug is not None: return debug(object,args,context) File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py", line 40, in call_object result=apply(object,args) # Type s<cr> to step into published object. File "C:\plone\Plone\Data\Products\CMFCore\WorkflowTool.py", line 490, in updateRoleMappings count = self._recursiveUpdateRoleMappings(portal, wfs) File "C:\plone\Plone\Data\Products\CMFCore\WorkflowTool.py", line 673, in _recursiveUpdateRoleMappings count = count + self._recursiveUpdateRoleMappings(v, wfs) File "C:\plone\Plone\Data\Products\CMFCore\WorkflowTool.py", line 673, in _recursiveUpdateRoleMappings count = count + self._recursiveUpdateRoleMappings(v, wfs) File "C:\plone\Plone\Data\Products\CMFCore\WorkflowTool.py", line 673, in _recursiveUpdateRoleMappings count = count + self._recursiveUpdateRoleMappings(v, wfs) File "C:\plone\Plone\Data\Products\CMFCore\WorkflowTool.py", line 669, in _recursiveUpdateRoleMappings obs = ob.objectItems() File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\Products\ParsedXML\ParsedXML.py", line 283, in objectItems return ManageableDocument.objectItems(self, spec) File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\Products\ParsedXML\ManageableDOM.py", line 241, in objectItems for ob in self.objectValues(spec): a((ob.getId(), ob)) File "C:\plone\Plone\Zope\lib\python\Products\ParsedXML\ManageableDOM.py", line 193, in getId if hasattr(self.aq_base): TypeError: hasattr expected 2 arguments, got 1 I found the problem on line 193 it says : # partial ObjectManagerItem interface def getId(self): "Return the id of the object as a string." if hasattr(self.aq_base): base = self.aq_base else: base = self name=getattr(base, 'id', None) if name is not None: return name return self.tpURL() You can see straightaway that someone is using hasattr with only one parameter. Not good is it. Any suggestions how to fix. The work around I have is just to remove my xml file, apply the security then put the xml file back . although this works it is not the ideal solution. Maybe I shouldn't be using parsed xml maybe there is a better python xml parser out there?? ____________________________________________ Peter Millar Technical Project Manager Parasyn Controls Pty Ltd Peter.Millar@Parasyn.com.au T: 61 7 3396 6388 F: 61 7 3396 6299 45 Millenium Place, Tingalpa QLD 4173 PO Box 400 Cannon Hill QLD 4170 Australia www.parasyn.com.au <http://www.parasyn.com.au/>