This worked, I dumped the Zope and Python stuff that I had installed from my SuSE 9 CDs from my SuSE installation and installed the latest stable Zope binary from zope.org (it includes a Python2.1 in it) and followed the installation instructions from the Zope Book: http://zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/InstallingZope.stx THIS WORKED on my SuSE 9 Pro system on my Pentium III server: (0) Remove all my Zope and Python stuff from my system with SuSE 9's Yast > Software > Install and Remove Software > Filter > Search 'python' (and again with 'zope'). Then, (1) Create a 'zope' user with # useradd -d /opt/zope (2) Create 'zope's home dir # mkdir /opt/zope # chown zope:users /opt/zope (3) Give user 'zope' a system password with # passwd zope (enter a password you can remember here) (4) Unpack the downloaded binary (downloaded from zope.org) in the /opt/zope dir. Move it there first if that is not where it is. # tar -xvzf Zope-2.6.2-linux2-x86.tgz (5) IMPORTANT! Change ownership of everything (recursively, option -R) in /opt/zope to user 'zope' group 'users' # chown -R zope:users /opt/zope/* (6) Logged out 'root' and back in as 'zope' ...tap tap tap (takes me to user 'zope's home dir -- /opt/zope) (7) Install Zope $ ./install (Yes! it worked. But only after I had chowned everything (recursively -R) / opt/zope to 'zope:users'.) IMPORTANT! Note the username and password shown by the installer. You need them to sign into Zope's Web interface. --------------------------------- afterthoughts... ----------------------------------------- Why not chown /opt/zope dir itself to 'zope:users'? $ su [root password] # chown zope:users /opt/zope # exit Hmm.. should the group be 'users'? Someone please advise me if it should be something else :--) For this installation of Zope I will use Zserver instead of Apache. Now.. can I sign into the browser based management window? :-/ (http://myserver:8080/manage1) (0) Start Zope (logged in a 'zope') $ /opt/zope/start (cool, it starts!) (1) On my desktop computer (Zope is running on my server computer) login to the Zope's Wed manage interface -- start up Mozilla and go to, http://myserver:8080/manage Sign in.. Failed! Ouch! I sign in again and *cut and paste* the password from the installer's terminal output on my luckilly still open server terminal window into the browser authentication window... Yes! Now THAT Works! I'm IN THE ZOPE ADMIN WEB PAGE! .. it was a dicey password to type in by hand on my goofy DataHand keyboard 8=) Hope this helps someone. Took me THREE DAYS to get to this point! :-| Roger :-)