Trouble Learning Zope

[Peter Hansen]

Bob Parnes wrote:
> 
> I just installed zope, version 2.6.1-10 on a debian distribution, but I
> cannot get to second base. When I try to add the tutorial to a folder, I
> get an error message stating that an emergency user cannot own an
> object. So I clicked onto the help page and found the tutorial there.
> But I got the same error when I tried to follow it. Then I created a new
> user account and restarted zope. But it would not accept a login as the
> new user, only as the original, 'emergency' user. As things stand, I can
> bring up zope on my browser but cannot do anything in it.
> 
> What can I do to straighten things out. Thanks for any help.

1. When you create the new user, make sure you've set it up for "manager"
privileges.

2. Subscribe to the zope mailing list, as this newsgroup does relatively
little support for Zope while the mailing list is the place to be...
(see the Zope web site to subscribe).

-Peter