[Zope] Apache/Zope Newbie How-To (maybe....)

[Chuck Mead]

On Tue, 25 May 1999, Evan Simpson spewed into the bitstream:

> Minor nits/additions to this fine draft:
> 
> 1. I don't set up any Apache authorization, and it works fine (version 1.3.2
> w/SSL).  Perhaps 1.3.6 adds some difficult behavior?

Yeah... I think it does and I think the extensions added with these newer
versions of Apache are killing Webserver.txt instructions because the
changes aren't reflected in the file.

> 2. Make sure that your zope/var directory (and all its contents) has
> owner:group set to nobody:nobody, or whatever your Apache runs under ('ps
> uaxw | grep httpd' and check the first column).  I even chmod it to 2770.

Yeah... I did this myself but it's in the Webserver.txt file already... I
wasn't thinking of a comprehensive How-To but maybe I should?

> 3. If you don't want the '/Zope/' prefix, or (my own situation) you're
> mixing Zope-served with Apache-served stuff and your pages are being
> designed by somebody with a tool that wants '.htm[l]' extensions, try
> inserting this line directly before the RewriteCond line:
> 
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)\.py\.html(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/Zope/$1$2
> 
> This will allow you to refer to, say, '/Zope/ex/parrot/pining' as
> '/ex/parrot/pining.py.html', or from non-Zope page '/ex/parrot/fjords.html'
> as 'pining.py.html'.

I still don't know enough about Zope itself to really understand this but
I think I get the gist of it here: "\.py\.html" you're essentially
creating an either/or both context?

Cheers!
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