I did not use apt-get install zope. but i install zope from tar file root can not start zope and i MUST login normal user (i created user named zope) end run script: /home/zope/Zope-2.6.2-linux2-x86/start who send me a script /etc/init.d/zope (it must work as any script etc/int.d/, using root) grazie