[Zope] start problem linux

[Dieter Maurer]

paulousek writes:
 > I installed Zope 2.3.0-x86 under SuseLinux 7.1 - but I can't start it.
 > When I start "./start" (as root), an error of type 13 occurs: "permission
 > denied" when the start-script tries to create the pid-file (Z2.pid).
 > I have set the write-permissons of all directories/files around Zope to
 > "all" - but the error stays and Zope is not starting up.
Does the "var" directory already exists?

A colleague reported recently, that a newly installed Zope
was lacking a "var" directory (which probably is build
by the "python w*_pcgi.py").


Dieter