Re: packing directory storage

Paul Winkler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.zodb.dirstorage
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 12:45:52PM +0100, Toby Dickenson wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 June 2004 20:40, Paul Winkler wrote:
> 
> > If you run ZEO, you should also be able to pack like this
> > (for zope 2.7.x):
> >
> > ./bin/zopectl debug
> > Starting debugger (the name "app" is bound to the top-level Zope object)
> >
> > >>> cp = app.Control_Panel
> > >>> cp.Database['main'].manage_pack(days=1)
> >
> > ... assuming it's your main database you want to pack.
> 
> Its worth pointing out some security considerations with this approach.... The 
> zeo network protocol has no security features. If you run your zope and zeo 
> processes under their own user account, you probably want to switch to that 
> user before running this script.

yes, I always do that.

-- 

Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com


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