[Zope] Emergency user and acl-users

[Cliff Ford]

We have a standard acl_users folder in the site root and an exUserFolder 
in a subfolder With an apache front end and Virtual Host Monster the 
outside world does not know about the root layer. This morning I created 
an extra layer, moving the actual site down and leaving room for some 
development areas not obvious to the outside world. Some hard-coded 
utilities did not work properly, but they were easily found and fixed. 
It all went very well.

I would absolutely endorse the recommendation not to substitute your 
root level acl_users folder. I have tried things on a development box 
and found myself locked out of the user area - fixed by going in at the 
root level and using Undo.

Cliff

Mark Barratt wrote:
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> David Hassalevris wrote:
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>> I do not like the idea of replacing acl_users in  Zope root.  
>> Especially if you are attaching User Information to something like an 
>> external DB (if the DB server goes down you are locked out of Zope!). 
>> Also, if you use SUF - first test it out in a new subfolder.  When you 
>> are confident then drop it in a production (sub) folder.
> 
> 
> Thanks. Problem is, this is an existing site that has been accreting 
> cruft, hard-coded absolute links, and all sorts for some years. I guess 
> I could choose a subfolder, do the tests, then copy the whole of the 
> site into that folder and use VHM to make it the effective root - but 
> there's a couple of hundred megabytes of stuff - is that a safe operation?
> 
> best
>