[Zope] IOError one first running zope

[David Siedband]

Try chowning the directory to your Zope user and running it as that  
user (instead of root)
--
David






On Aug 12, 2004, at 3:40 PM, Steph Smith wrote:

> I have a fresh install of Zope 2.6.4, installed from the Gentoo
> ebuild. I ran "zope-config -zpasswd", and then started my instance
> from the script provided in /etc/init.d (all default Gentoo). Now,
> when I go to http://localhost:8080 I get the following message:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error Type: IOError
> Error Value: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '//usr/share/zope//zope-2.6.4-r1/lib/python/App/dt
> ml/zope_quick_start.dtml'
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The page then offers the following troubleshooting advice, none of
> which seems to be actually helpful in this case (although I could be
> missing something!)
>
>     *  The URL may be incorrect.
>     * The parameters passed to this resource may be incorrect.
>     * A resource that this resource relies on may be encountering an
> error.
>
> I've checked
>
> /usr/share/zope//zope-2.6.4-r1/lib/python/App/dtml/ 
> zope_quick_start.dtml
>
> and made sure that the user running zope (in this case 'root') has
> explicit permissions to the file, which it does. I've checked the logs
> for this instance of zope, and there are no errors reported. I'm sure
> the problem is something embarrassingly easy, however I can't think of
> what else to check. I notice that the path mentioned begins with '//',
> although I can't imagine that that would be the problem (its odd, but
> still valid).
>
> I've also been searching google for more information on this problem,
> however the only hit I found which seemed to possibly be the same
> problem was in Japanese :(
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or advise they might be
> willing to share.
>
> TIA,
>
> Steph
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