[Zope] Closer But No Cigar

Phil Harris phil.harris@zope.co.uk
Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:33:59 -0000


Ben,

Check the permissions on the var folder, it needs to be writable by the user
that starts Zope.

This being said if you start Zope as root then the user changes to nobody,
so var needs to be writable by nobody.

something like chmod -R nobody:nobody var works for me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Ocean" <beno@TheWebsons.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: [Zope] Closer But No Cigar


> Hi;
> Well, I've finally got python-1.5.2 installed and running and Zope
> re-installed from the source code to the point where it gives me the good
> 'ol *Done!* line, but when I type
> ./start &
> it chokes. Here's the print-out:
>
> thor:/apache/vhosts/Zope-2.2.4-src# ./start &
> [1] 4983
> thor:/apache/vhosts/Zope-2.2.4-src# ------
> 2000-12-23T21:44:24 PROBLEM(100) ZServer Computing default hostname
> ------
> 2000-12-23T21:44:24 INFO(0) ZServer Medusa (V1.16.4.3) started at Sat Dec
23
> 13:44:24 2000
>         Hostname: thor.galaxynet.com
>         Port:8080
>
> ------
> 2000-12-23T21:44:24 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Sat Dec 23
> 13:44:24 2000
>         Authorizer:None
>         Hostname: thor.galaxynet.com
>         Port: 8021
> ------
> 2000-12-23T21:44:24 INFO(0) ZServer Monitor Server (V1.8.4.1) started on
> port 8099
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/apache/vhosts/Zope-2.2.4-src/z2.py", line 710, in ?
>     pf = open(PID_FILE, 'w')
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/apache/vhosts/Zope-2.2.4-src/var/Z2.pid'
>
> What am I missing?
> TIA,
> BenO
>
>
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