[Zope] Newbie Problems with publish.py and objects

[Michel Pelletier]

malkum x-tc wrote:
> 
> hey everybody, im new to zope, been trying to figure it out for about a week
> now.. and i keep getting this same error:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook
>     (Object: ApplicationDefaultPermissions)
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply
>     (Object: manage_addetcUserFolder)
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object
>     (Object: manage_addetcUserFolder)
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/Products/etcUserFolder/etcUserFolder.py, line 419, in manage_addetcUserFolder
>     (Object: ApplicationDefaultPermissions)
>   File /usr/local/bin/Zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/HTTPRequest.py, line 760, in __getitem__
> KeyError: (see above)
> 
> everytime i try and add a new object. could somebody enlighten me as to what
> all this means and how i can figure out to to diagnose problems within zope ?

etcUserFolder is an older piece of unsupported software that may have
compatability problems with newer versions of Zope.  I don't know if
anyone out there maintains it actively.  Without similar reports I would
tend to believe that this is because etcUserFolder has not be changed to
reflect recent changes in the API.

-Michel