z2 Startup exception Trackback (unnermost last): File /usr/local/zweb/Zope-2.6.1.-linux2-x86/z2.py,line 840 in? SystemExit: A user was not specified to setuid to; fix this to start as root (see doc/SETUID>txt)

I read setUID.txt file but python z2.py -u root python zpasswd.py inituser ... has an error.

How can I install Zope server in Red hat Linux 6.1.

F.A.Q. (not that there's one to read, but the list archives are full of this very discussion.) You cannot run Zope as root. That is such a disatrous security decision that Zope simply won't allow it. But what about priveledged ports (like 80)? Well, you can start Zope as root to bind to a low port and will then drop to a normal user before it starts listening to the network. So if you want to run on port 80, you have to tell Zope what user to drop into (with -u) after it is started as root. The best way to do this is to edit the start script (start.sh). You'll also have to do the various permission gymnastics specified in SETUID.txt. The better way, however, is to start (and run) Zope as a normal user (I use 'zope') and if you want to be on port 80 for web-browser convenience use Apache and some rewrite rules to do it. The list archives are stuffed full of this procedure too. Note that above I'm only talking system users, those that can get a shell on your machine. Zope users, and all the tools thereto, are completely out of this picture, having nothing to do with nothing. --jcc