[Zope] Re: Installation bug? ZSanity!

[Evan Simpson]

> It's in the docs already, nobody must have write permissions in the var
> directory.

<dtml-nitpick>
The uid under which your webserver runs, which is often called 'nobody',
must be able to read and write the 'var' directory.
</dtml-nitpick>

As for this being an installation bug, I'm not sure if it is clear what
permissions *should* be set on 'var' in the general case, given the
possibility that Zope may be served through ZServer, Apache, AOLServer, etc,
etc.

I've been thinking that it might be a Good Thing to have a zsanity.py script
which asks some pertinent questions about how you will be running Zope, and
checks for FFECs (Frequently Failed Environment Conditions) such as 'var'
permissions, Python version/threading, unset master password, and so on.

Guess I just volunteered, hmm?  PythonMethods have priority, but once they
are ready I'll hit this if nobody else does.

Evan Simpson