[Zope3-dev] FTP mkdir in root folder makes more root folders

[Steve Alexander]

Barry Pederson wrote:
> I noticed that when you FTP into Zope3 and do a mkdir in the root 
> folder, the created folder ends up also being of class "RootFolder". I 
> noticed this because the WMI breadcrumb trail for such a folder 
> incorrectly shows the created folder as being "[top]"
> 
> If you make a folder through the web interface, and then within that 
> folder do a FTP mkdir, it ends up being a plain folder - and shows a 
> correct-looking breadcrumb trail.
> 
> Looking in src/app/ftp/__init__.py, it seems like the mkdir method must 
> basically make new folders that are the same class as their parent 
> folder - which sounds like a good idea in general, if you have custom 
> photo-folders and such, but maybe there needs to be an exception for the 
> case of the root folder.

I think you're right. Nice catch!

Would you report this in the Zope 3 collector?

   http://collector.zope.org/Zope3-dev

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Steve Alexander