[Zope] startup at boot - what user to run zope as

[Chris McDonough]

Andy,

A fairly complete discussion of Zope process-owner security is available
in
http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/zopeinstall/ZOPE-INSTALL-HOWTO

Andy Heath wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   bit of a zope newbie.
> 
> running on a unix box.  I'd like a zope server to
> startup automatically at boot (so auto-reboot after
> power failure works ok).
> 
> Question is - what user should I run zope as - is
> it safe to run as root?  If not, then how can
> I start it as some other user without giving
> write permission the the zope/var directory
> for the pid.  Should it be owned by and running
> as nobody:nogroup?
> 
> I have complete control of the box so any workable
> solution possible.
> 
> Andy
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