[Zope] can't log in to manage

[Chris McDonough]

Barry, try editing the access file *by hand* and replace everything
right of the colon with a plaintext password.

Beyond that, all I can ask you to do is uninstall the RPM and install
the tgz version.

Barry Smoke wrote:
> 
> Well.....here's something even stranger......
> I checked out these installation instructions...and even though they weren't
> for the rpm, I was able to check to make sure the rpm was doing everything
> it was supposed to be.....
> The rpm installed just fine....though some of the file locations are
> different.
> 
> I took the same zope src rpm, and rebuilt it on my machine at home.   This
> worked fine, I was able to log in, and manage zope.....but I still can not
> at work....
> these are identical machines.....same version redhat....same version all
> rpm's.
> strange.......
> 
> Can anyone help me troubleshoot why i can't log in to my zope management?
> I've compared the permissions on the two machines.....
> I can't find what's up.
> 
> The only thing different is that on the work machine, I had installed the
> 1.10.3 Zope rpm first.....but I removed it, so there shouldn't have been any
> problems....
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry Smoke
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris McDonough <chrism@digicool.com>
> To: Barry Smoke <barry@arhosting.com>; <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Zope] can't log in to manage
> 
> >
> > Whoops, gotta start testing these links before sending them out:
> >
> > http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/zopeinstall/ZOPE-INSTALL-HOWTO
> >
> > Chris McDonough wrote:
> > >
> > > I really don't know how the RPM is put together so I can't give you
> > > explicit instructions.  I gotta find the time someday to look at the
> > > RPMs and figure out how they're put together.  In the mean time, follow
> > > the instructions in
> > > http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/zopeinstall/ZOPE-INSTALL-HOWTO to
> > > install Zope.  They assume you're *not* installing from an RPM, but from
> > > a .tar.gz binary release.
> > >
> > > Barry Smoke wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am using RedHat 6.0.  I first installed the Zope 1.10.3 rpm package
> > > > for python 1.5.1.  I found that the server ran....the example site
> > > > popped up, and the quickstart works just fine....but I can not log in
> > > > to manage zope.  I checked the /var/local/zope/access file, and edited
> > > > it correctly, then restarted /etc/rc.d/init.d/zope.  I checked
> > > > permissions on it. Everything looked like it should......but i could
> > > > not log in to the /manage
> > > >
> > > > I decided to go ahead and update python to 1.5.2.....then I removed
> > > > the Zope rpm package, and installed Zope 2.1.2 thinking that should
> > > > fix it......wrong!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Same thing.......
> > > > I did find the zpasswd ....it edited the /var/zoipe/access(yes, I did
> > > > figure out it had moved :-)) and it encrypted my new password....this
> > > > is a nice new feature.  I still can't log in though.  I left the
> > > > domain completely off.....I put in a :*, I've tried everything.
> > > >
> > > > I've now tried removing that rpm, and downloading the source rpm for
> > > > 2.1.2
> > > > I did a rpm --rebuild....
> > > > then installed every rpm but the Zope-pcgi......(I'm wanting to run it
> > > > on 8080)
> > > >
> > > > I still get the same thing.........]
> > > > Now my hair is gray...and coming out.
> > > > Someone please shed some light on this...
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Barry Smoke
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chris McDonough
> > > Digital Creations, Inc.
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