[Zope] Zope and permissions in Linux

[Michael Long]

You do not want to start zope as root. The zope process has the same
permissions as the user that starts the process.

On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 14:15, Fernando Martins wrote:
> > The zope user installed by SuSE is configured as a deamon accout. If you
> > would like to login as the zope user you will need to modify /etc/passwd
> > so that the zope user looks something like this:
> >
> > zope:x:64:2:Zope daemon:/opt/zope26:/bin/bash
> >
> > Then you can login as the zope user and start zope as that user.
> >
> 
> Indeed it helps, thanks. I can't check it now but I suppose a daemon account
> doesn't have a shell by default and that was why I couldn't su.
> 
> Is it common practice to use the root account or the daemon account to
> manage Zope? Does it make a difference?
> 
> Regards,
> Fernando
> 
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Michael Long <mlong@datalong.com>