[Zope] problems with emergency user

[Tres Seaver]

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Nuno Carvalho wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using Zope (version 2.10.11) through Plone. I lost my admin  
> password to access ZMI.
> I created a file named "access" using the zpassword.py script, as  
> described here: http://docs.zope.org/zope2/zope2book/Security.html?highlight=password#creating-an-emergency-user
> 
> I tried to place this file in several directories, such as:
> /usr/local/Plone/Zope-2.10.11-final-py2.4
> /usr/local/Plone/zeocluster
> /usr/local/Plone/zeocluster/var
> /usr/local/Plone/zeocluster/var/filestorage
> (this last one is where Data.fs is)
> among others.
> 
> I'm not able to login through http://localhost:8080/manage
> 
> I need some help! Can anyone give me a hint on how can I solve this?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Nuno Carvalho

The 'access' file needs to be in the INSTANCE_HOME of you Zope:  if you
created the instance using buildout, then that is probably actually in
'parts/<instancename>' inside the buildout.


Tres.
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