[Zope] anonymous user

[Gabriel Genellina]

At 23/8/2003 02:00, you wrote:

>My zope site was 100% password-restricted (anonymous user assigned no 
>privileges), but now I need to make one folder at the root level 
>accessible by anonymous login.
>
>In the security tab of that folder, I unchecked the acquire permissions 
>boxes of everything and checked only the "view" items. But I can't log in 
>with a blank username/password. I get this message from verbose security:
>
>Error Type: Unauthorized
>Error Value: (item 0): Your user account does not have the required 
>permission. Access to 0 of [(Application instance at 18a3760), (Folder 
>instance at 18cfcd0)] denied. Your user account, Anonymous User, exists at 
>/acl_users. Access requires one of the following roles: ['Manager', 
>'View']. Your roles in this context are ['Anonymous'].
>
>
>I don't understand this error, since I'm logging in without a name or 
>password. Shouldn't it automatically assume I'm an Anonymous User with the 
>Anonymous role?

Yes, you *are* the anonymous user (see last sentence in error value). But 
something needs the "View" role (you created it, I guess, since it's not a 
default one). Do you have an index_html inside your folder, or is it 
acquired? Try to figure out what is "0" (item 0).


Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL