[Zope] Zope on OpenBSD

Chris McDonough chrism@zope.com
Wed, 09 Oct 2002 18:38:12 -0400


Try removing the "-D" from the line in the start script that reads:

exec %s $cwd/z2.py -D "$@"

This should cause Zope to not start in debug mode.

Adam Getchell wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> Your script worked, but Zope does not allow someone to login at the console
> (as the output and process take up the screen). I tried modifying it to:
> 
> su - zope -c "/home/zope/start &"
> 
> But the process immediately dies. I thought Zope was supposed to start in
> daemon mode?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@zope.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:13 AM
> To: Adam Getchell
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope on OpenBSD
> 
> 
> Try something like this in the rc script:
> 
> su - zope -c "/home/zope/start"
> 
> HTH,
> 
> - C
> 
> On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 13:57, Adam Getchell wrote:
> 
>>I'm running Zope 2.5.1p1 (and CMF) on OpenBSD 3.1. It runs in 
>>separated mode, so Zope sits in /usr/local/lib/zope, while the Zope 
>>instance runs under a normal user in /home/zope with the database in 
>>/home/zope/var and the start script as:
>>
>>export INSTANCE_HOME=/home/zope
>>export PYTHONHOME=/usr/local/lib/zope
>>exec /usr/local/bin/python2.1 -O $PYTHONHOME/z2.py -D "$0" -p 
>>/home/zope/Zope.cgi
>>
>>(the exec statement is one line).
>>
>>All good, but I want to have zope autostart as the normal user (not 
>>root) by using /etc/rc.local.
>>
>>I have this in rc.local
>>
>># Run zope
>>if [ -x /usr/local/bin/python2.1 ]; then
>>	echo -n ' zope';	/home/zope/start
>>fi
>>
>>But I think this doesn't work, and would start as root.
>>
>>Advice?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>***************************	
>>*	Adam Getchell
>>AdamG@hrrm.ucdavis.edu
>>*	System Architect/Programmer			(530) 752-1584
>>*	Human Resources Information Systems
>>http://www.hr.ucdavis.edu/
>>***************************	
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>>Tzu
>>
>>
>>
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