[Zope] Pack problem

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francois Chalaoux [mailto:fchalaou@strasbourg.synthelabo.fr]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:02 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] Pack problem
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> With RH6.0, Zope2.0 I tried to pack ZODB3 and I obtain thje following
> message.
> Zope is started by root.
> 
> Any idea ?
> 

if you start Zope as root, it changes itself to the user 'nobody'.  This
is a feature.

Adjust your directory permissions, or run Zope as a user (other than
root) who has permission to read and write the var directory.

-Michel