[Zope] Newbie - Zope won't start

[Tim Cook]

John VanDyk wrote:
> 
> I downloaded and installed Zope for Linux as per the instructions at zope.org.
> 
> When I try to start Zope with ./start & I get a report that it has started up on ports 8080, 8021, and 8099.
> 
> Then I get this:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/usr/zope/Zope-2.2.1-linux2-x86/z2.py", line 708, in ?
>     pf = open(PID_FILE, 'w')
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/zope/Zope-2.2.1-linux2-x86/var/Z2.p
> id'
> 
> I installed it as root and am root when I issue the start command.
> 
> This is a stock Red Hat 6.2 Intel box.
>

You should REVISIT steps 3 & 5 of the install instructions.  If
you are ROOT Zope will run as 'nobody'. Therefore 'nobody' must
be given write access to the var directory.

HTH,
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