[Setup] Automating ZEO daemon startup

[Kamal Gill]

Ben, would you confirm that the user is set properly in zeo.conf, and  
that user has write perms at $ZEOSERVER_HOME/log/zeo.log ?
For example, if zeo.conf has 'plone' as the effective user, does that  
user have the ability to write to zeo.log?
You may need to perform a chown on the directory tree to set the  
appropriate ownership to be consistent with the settings in zeo.conf.

-Kamal

On Aug 23, 2006, at 1:31 AM, Ben wrote:

> On 8/23/06, Kamal Gill <ksgill at mac.com> wrote:
>> The error is caused by an improper permission setting in /log/zeo.log
>> when the daemon starts up.
>
> Hi Kamal, thanks for responding but the problem still stands.
>
> The tutorial included instructions to change the permissions (to 755,
> not 775 - which I followed). I changed the permissions as you
> suggested, but it hasn't stopped the error occuring. I even tried 777
> for the log directory and the log file, so I don't think that's it.
>
> Looking at the .py file it seems the error is around opening a socket
> (and perhaps setting it to 700 as well).
>
> I'll try the Zope list if there's no more ideas as to the resolution -
> that .py file is beyond my understanding
>
> Perhaps it has something to do with the user private groups in RHEL?
>
> I'm using:
> CentOS 3.7
> Python 2.4.3
> Zope 2.9.4
> Plone 2.5
>
> --
> Ben
>
>> This is an annoying bug that probably should be reported to the Zope
>> development team.
>> For a workaround, see the following lines the the Plone 2.5 Unified
>> (UNIX/Linux) Installer's install.sh script.
>>
>> --snip--
>>
>> ###########################################
>> # Pre-initialize log file and set appropriate permissions
>> # (if unset, ZEO server refuses to start as an unprivileged user via
>> 'zeoctl start')
>> touch $ZEOSERVER_HOME/log/zeo.log
>> chmod 775 $ZEOSERVER_HOME/log/zeo.log
>>
>> --snip--
>>
>> HTH,
>> Kamal
>>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2006, at 1:28 AM, Ben wrote:
>>
>> > I am receiving error messages when attempting to start ZEO in  
>> daemon
>> > mode. I have looked up several tutorials, but they are all out of
>> > date, or don't help.
>> >
>> > I have setup ZEO according to:
>> > http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/robust-installation
>> > which is why I'm posting here, rather than on the Zope lists.
>> >
>> > I receive an error message and a progressive series of dots when I
>> > attempt to start ZEO:
>> >
>> > [zope at localhost zope]$ zeo/bin/zeoctl start
>> > . Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >  File "/opt/zope/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdrun.py", line 719, in ?
>> >    main()
>> >  File "/opt/zope/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdrun.py", line 716, in  
>> main
>> >    d.main(args)
>> >  File "/opt/zope/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdrun.py", line 243, in  
>> main
>> >    self.run()
>> >  File "/opt/zope/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdrun.py", line 256, in  
>> run
>> >    self.opensocket()
>> >  File "/opt/zope/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdrun.py", line 278, in
>> > opensocket
>> >    sock.bind(tempname)
>> >  File "<string>", line 1, in bind
>> > socket.error: (13, 'Permission denied')
>> > . . . . . . . . [dots continue to appear at a regular interval]
>> >
>> > If I start ZEO using:
>> > zeo/bin/runzeo
>> >
>> > then all is fine, the Zope clients connect, etc. but it logs to the
>> > console and I want to run in daemon mode.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
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