[Zope] Re: Some VHM questions

AM list_subscriber@neurobs.com
Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:05:48 -0800


I did read it and do understand it. I guess I mis-understood the 
functionality of VHM in presupposing that it would restrict that kind of 
upward acquisition.

Is there a way to pratially eclipse acquisition... :)

Thanks.
AM

Evan Simpson wrote:

> AM wrote:
>
>> I have a zope site running behind apache 2.0. The zope istnace has a 
>> VHM in there that maps to a domain. I had a few questions about the 
>> VHM workings.
>>
>> The problem is I can access /test or for that matter any other URL 
>> outside nbs_online via the url nbs.neuro-bs.com/test
>
>
> This isn't (directly) a VHM issue.  What you're seeing is Zope 
> acquisition, a powerful feature that can have surprising effects.
>
> Fundamentally, acquisition means that when you ask the object at 
> '/nbs_online' for the name 'test', Zope searches for 'test' in 
> '/nbs_online' and then in '/', where it finds it.  In general, if 'a' 
> contains 'b' contains 'c', and you ask for '/a/b/c/d', Zope will 
> search for 'd' in 'c', then 'b', then 'a', then the root.
>
> I advise reading about acquisition in the Zope Book at www.zope.org.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Evan @ 4-am
>
>
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