[Zope] Newbie - Zope won't start

[John VanDyk]

>>I installed it as root and am root when I issue the start command.
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>This is exactly what you should not be. Normally no daemons should run as "root", because it's a potential security hole.
>Your linux box should have a user "zope", under which the daemon should run. just do a
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>   su - zope
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>and run the "start" script again. For me that did do the trick.

I thought it was more secure to start it as root so that it runs as nobody (top shows it running as user nobody).

I created a blank Z2.pid file, changed the owner to nobody, and now it seems to be working.

Can anyone confirm the most secure way to run Zope?