[Zope] do i have to have root rights in order to install zope on linux machine?

Paul Winkler pw_lists@slinkp.com
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:49:33 -0400


On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 04:18:07PM -0500, J Cameron Cooper wrote:
> >
> >
> >I have redhat server, do i have to have root right in order to install 
> >zope on linux machine?
> >
> If installing by RPM, maybe.
> 
> If installing from source or zope.org binary, no. Unless you want to run 
> on a priveledged port (like 80.)

... which afaict is broken when using ZEO anyway. no idea why,
i think there's now a collector item about this.

A solution that doesn't involve runnign zope as root is iptables
port forwarding.

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