> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/Zope-2.0.1-src/var/Z2.pid' > > how can permission be denied when i am doing it as root???and i've got > write permission on it??? Because Zope avoids running as root, usually by setuiding itself to 'nobody'. Give 'nobody' full access to your 'var' directory (and read rights on enclosing directories, if necessary.)