Fwd: [Zope] Replacing Root Acl_Users

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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jens


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jens Vagelpohl <jens@digicool.com>
> Date: Sat Jul 21, 2001  05:45:08  US/Eastern
> To: Chris Bruce <chrisabruce@yahoo.com>
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Replacing Root Acl_Users
>
> chris,
>
> replacing the root acl_users must be done with the superuser account. 
> here'
> s the simple way to create the superuser and do it:
>
> - create a file called "access" in the root of your zope installation on 
> the filesystem if it's not already there. you can use the "zpasswd.py" 
> utility in zope or you can simply edit it by hand, it contains a username 
> and password separated by a colon.
>
> - restart zope so it reads the file during startup
>
> - log into the management interface using this account name and password
>
> - delete the root acl_users and create whatever other user folder you like
>
> the superuser cannot normally create any objects, but they can create 
> user folders of any kind.
>
> you are in a little bit of trouble if you have a bunch of users in the 
> standard user folder because those will be lost and you will need to 
> recreate them in your new user folder.
>
> jens
>
>
>
> On Saturday, July 21, 2001, at 01:44 , Chris Bruce wrote:
>
>> I am sure this question has been asked before, but I can find any
>> information on how to replace the root acl_users folder with something
>> like CookieUserFolder.  Can some one tell me how or point me to some
>> docs?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Chris