[Zope] Re: installation security best practice question

[Maik Ihde]

Hi

> Currently i am installing zope as root and then logging in as a user and
> making an instance.  When i go to run the zope instance as the user its says
> i do not have the permissions to run the files.
> 
> If i change the permissions on the zope folder so that everyone has all
> permissions then it works however this isnt a great securtiy option

Give your Zope Instance(s) one dedicated user (e.g. 'zope'), i.e. Change the
owner of the whole Instance to this user and then you won't have any troubles
with the standard permissions that are configured by mkzopeinstance.py

If you start your Instance(s) as that above user then you can avoid running your
Instance(s) as root. Not much magic involved there...

Kind Regards
Maik