Chris McDonough wrote: > > > You could just set up a skeleton python script that imported Zope (with > > INSTANCE_HOME set and a custom_zodb.py findable) > > This needs to be a part of a monitoring framework that I dont control. > The only ability I have is to open a connection to the port, send stuff, > and examine the reply. ug :-( Chris - can occasionally impersonate a caveman quite well :-)