[Zope] strange getPhysicalRoot behaviour

[Andreas Jung]

--On 28. Juli 2005 13:24:37 +0200 rr at nederhoed.com wrote:

> Good day all,
>
>
> Using Zope 2.7.6 I'm trying to use the getPhysicalRoot() function.
>
> In a rather large site we have a folder called 'functions' placed in
> root. This folder contains a formatting function 'far' I want to use in
> some other folder. But in the path from root to the place I the function
> to be called, I have another 'function' folder, with local functionality.
>
> When calling 'context.functions.far()', it fails to acquire the far
> function. Which is explainable.
>
> My plan was to call it directly: 'root.functions.far()', but 'root' does
> not exist in the zope (python) script.
>
> if I use
> root = context.getPhysicalRoot()
>
> I am forced to reenter my Zope username and password and will not get
> permission to call the getPhysicalRoot function.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> What can I do to make the getPhysicalRoot function available?
>

Looks like the method is restricted. VerboseSecurity will tell you why.

-aj

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