[Zope] running Zope without an internet connection ...

[seb bacon]

* ian@mulvany.net <ian@mulvany.net> [010904 14:13]:
> I am trying to learn Zope, and I got the following error when running the startup script:
> 
> ------ 
> 2001-09-03T23:37:16 PANIC(300) z2 Startup exception 
> Traceback (innermost last): 
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/z2.py, line 757, in ? 
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/Zope-2.4.0-linux2-x86/var/Z2.pid' 

Your zope doesn't have permission to create the file Z2.pid (the
process id). Try 'touch var/Z2.pid' on its behalf, and make sure it's
writable. 
 
> Basically I am a complete beginner and don't know what 
> the problem is, I was wondering if I could run zope devorced from
> the internet connection so that I could get a handle of running cgi
> scripts from my own directories and the like before making the work
> world readable.  

You can run Zope on any stand-alone machine, with or without a
connection.  If you are connected to the internet, you can use Zope's
security to protect your stuff.  The Zope book should have everything
you need to get started, assuming you know some HTML and the like.

seb