Greetings, Thanks for the reply, but I don't think I made myself very clear. When I start the zope server as root (linux here) and run the ./start file on line 494 the problem happens. Can't create the file! 1.) Can I uninstall Zope so that I can try it again 2.) Does upgrading python have anything to do with it? currently I am running 1.5.2 from the python web site.

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susan@philh.org 09/14/99 02:07PM >>> You need to set the permissions on the <zopedir>/var directory so that the user nobody has write access to it.

HTH Phil phil@philh.org ----- Original Message ----- From: CURTIS David <David.Curtis@state.or.us> To: IPM Return requested (Receipt notification requested) <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:22 PM Subject: [Zope] newbie question

Fiends of Zope,

After installing the source code for Zope 2.0. I try to run the start sript ./Zope/start and I get the error /var/Z2.py permission denied! This file does not exist in this directory. What is rwrong?

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