[Zope] Bizarre Authentication Problem.

Christopher G. Petrilli petrilli@amber.org
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:18:14 -0500


On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 02:12:43PM -0600, Kent Polk wrote:
> 
> > OK, I sent a copy of my database to support@zope.org, but...
> > 
> > It seems that no matter what I do with security, that to get past the
> > root folder of my site, you have to be authenticated... I know someone
> > else complained about this one, and don't remember what the resolution
> > is, and i cna't find it in the archives... 
> > 
> > Basically, I've tried overriding security for each folder, but nope,
> > that doesn't work...
> 
> Are you perchance using UserDb for the acl_users folder? I just
> submitted a report to the guys at Digicool regarding this problem
> with UserDb a few days ago. Specifically that 'View' 'Access contents
> information' and 'Use Database Methods' are required to be available
> to Anonymous at the root folder in order for UserDb authentication to
> work.

Nope, I'm just usuing the basic stuff... also, I've been having all
kinds of problems packing the database, etc., but when I look at it int
Python native (without the processing) it looks ok, I'm obviously
missing SOMETHING.

Chris
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