[Zope] Superuser and SuSE 9.0

[Bob Wooden]

On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 00:49, J Cameron Cooper wrote:
> Bob Wooden wrote:
> 
> >I have installed Zope using the rpm file (2.6.1-132) that ships with
> >SuSE 9.0 onto my machine.  When attempting to access
> >http://localhost:8080/manage, all attempts are refused.  Using
> >zpasswd.py to create (and/or re-create) a superuser with a password, all
> >attempts are still refused. 
> >
> Be sure that you are using zpasswd properly and that the results are 
> going somewhere they will be seen. Read the doc/SECURITY.txt file in 
> your Zope installation, then find and read the "Deian setup" thread from 
> this list.
> 
> There is also a "Zope in SuSE 9.0" thread that reports and solves this 
> exact problem.
> 
	Did a Google search for this thread (Zope in SuSE 9.0).  Found answer,
THANKS.

> >User and Security chapter of the zopebook indicates in "$ cd (... where
> >your ZOPE_HOME is... )".  I am confused, does zope create a zope home
> >directory under /home?  Why can I not change my superuser password to
> >something I know?
> >
> ZOPE_HOME is where your Zope is installed. I will presume that the book 
> mentions that somewhere but you missed it.
> 
	In my case, I believe this means that my ZOPE_HOME is /opt/zope.

> >When install chapter discusses the compile under a tar install, it
> >indicates that a superuser password is provided and the user (myself)
> >needs to write this down to get into zope.  If I use the SuSE provided
> >rpm file, how do I find out the password?
> >
> I do not know. The package should provide that knowledge somewhere. 
> Possibly a README.SuSE file, or something. It is remiss if it does not.
> 
> >Please help!
> >  
> >
> Zope in Linux distro packages is always a nightmare. I'm not sure why. 
> But Zope "from source" is not hard.
> 
>             --jcc
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