[Zope] Two Questions: One Easy, One Not

[Derek Hoy]

BenO wrote:
> >IF you want to use your images from zope, you have to import
> >them into its database. You can do it via web-interface
> >or via FTP or (Web-)DAV (the latter works somewhat with
> >Internetexplorer Webfolder feature)
> 
> So, clearly, I need to put my Zope installation on the doc root. For some 
> reason (I presume security), I had put it below the doc root. Is security a 
> concern?

No, you can ftp to zope itself- just ftp to the right port number, eg 8021.  
It's in the logging information you get when Zope starts.

> >2) Zope spawns serveral processes, thats normal. You find
> >their process-ids (at least the ones of the parents) in
> >var/Z2.pid
> 
> Yeah, I noticed that. But why does the server quit serving and need to be 
> restarted? How do I track this problem?

There was a bug with a recent version- I had the same problem, but the latest 
version seems to have it fixed.

Derek
d.hoy at gcal.ac.uk