[Zope] Zope 2.9.3/2.9.1 On Suse 10.1 box version

[Ofer Weisglass]

you wrote
> The best way to run mkzopeinstance is to first su to another user (su>
zope) and then run mkzopeinstance.py. The zope user must have write  >
access to create the directory.

what you mean by su zope and what directory the user should have rights to?





> Ofer Weisglass wrote:
>
>>yes, it fixed the problem but now I have this error
>>it seems like user premission problem but I don't know how to solve it
>>
>>
>>/home/ofer/zope1/bin/runzope -X debug-mode=on
>>/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/ZServer/utils.py:33: DeprecationWarning:
>>The zLOG package is deprecated and will be removed in Zope 2.11. Use the
>>Python logging module instead.
>>  LOG('ZServer', severity[type], message)
>>2006-07-09 00:16:23 INFO ZServer HTTP server started at Sun Jul  9
>>00:16:23 2006
>>        Hostname: 0.0.0.0
>>        Port: 8080
>>2006-07-09 00:16:23 CRITICAL Zope A user was not specified to setuid to;
>>fix this to start as root (change the effective-user directive in
>>zope.conf)
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/run.py", line 56, in
>> ?
>>    run()
>>  File "/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/run.py", line 21, in
>> run
>>    starter.prepare()
>>  File "/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/__init__.py", line
>>94, in prepare
>>    self.dropPrivileges()
>>  File "/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/__init__.py", line
>>213, in dropPrivileges
>>    return dropPrivileges(self.cfg)
>>  File "/home/usr/zopeplone/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/__init__.py", line
>>382, in dropPrivileges
>>    raise ZConfig.ConfigurationError(msg)
>>ZConfig.ConfigurationError: A user was not specified to setuid to; fix
>>this to start as root (change the effective-user directive in zope.conf)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>--On 24. Juni 2006 23:09:00 +0300 Ofer Weisglass <lists at weisglass.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to install Zope 2.9.3 or 2.9.1 on Suse 10.1 and this is
>>>> what
>>>>I
>>>>get:
>>>>
>>>>error: must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both
>>>>make: *** [install] Error 1
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas what to do?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Please try again with a Python source build. Usually we don't care much
>>>about system Python installation that are often broken in different
>>> ways.
>>>
>>>-aj
>>>
>>>
> Maybe this can help?
>
> This is from either Plope or Plone site (i think I snipped it long ago):
> <<
> If you are running everything as root, you will get an instance that
> cannot be started, because a different effective user id is required for
> it to change to. Even if you create an account after the fact, that user
> cannot start zope because it doesn't have access to any of the instance
> files.
>
> The best way to run mkzopeinstance is to first su to another user (su
> zope) and then run mkzopeinstance.py. The zope user must have write
> access to create the directory.
>
> EFFECTIVE-USER
> After the instance is created, edit "effective-user zope" into the
> etc/zope.conf, so if you start it as root later it should su itself to
> the non-root user.
>  >>
>
> David
>
>