[Zope] unix security patch

notices name notices@fiberfolk.com
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 03:42:39 -0800 (PST)


I believe I want -u zope because I don't have Apache, zope is the web server. 
So zope has to serve on port 80. Thanks,
Annie 

--- Toby Dickenson <tdickenson@devmail.geminidataloggers.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:43:42 -0800 (PST), notices name
><notices@fiberfolk.com> wrote:
>
>>and then I edited start to add -u zope
>
>that means zope is going to *change* to the new user. It can only do
>that if started as root. This is a little more difficult to set up,
>but necessary if (and only if) you want zope to listen on a low
>numbered port (80, 21, etc)
>
>An alternative is to change to that new user before starting zope.
>Then you dont need any -u switch, but you have to use a high numbered
>port (such as 8080)
>
>
>
>Toby Dickenson
>tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com