[Zope] newbie question

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CURTIS David [mailto:David.Curtis@state.or.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:42 PM
> To: susan@philh.org; Zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] newbie question
> Sensitivity: Personal
> 
> 
> 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! 

Phil (Susan?) was correct, when you start zope as root, it turns itself
into nobody, just like almost all other servers do.  'nobody' does not
have permission towrite your var directory.  Either run it as a
different user, or change your directory permissions.

If you are running linux, there are several good security references on
LDP site.  You should have a fairly firm grasp of unix security if you
want to run servers.

http://www.linuxdoc.org/

-Michel