Local File System objects allow you to serve files from either the local file system or a remote network share as if they were regular Zope documents.

This works by mapping a directory (called the 'base path') on the Zope server machine to a folder-like object in Zope. All of the subdirectories and files under this path are mapped to Zope objects by reading the contents of the file from the file system each time the object is requested. (For many operations this is optimized to speed up performance.)

The Zope process must have permissions at minimum to read from the specified directory, or to write to the directory to enable file uploads. All uploaded files are initially owned by the same user as the Zope process.

Specify remote shares using the UNC notation: \\server\share\path. You may also need to enter a username and a password. Note: When run as a service, Zope by default runs under the System account, which does not have the permissions to map network drives. You must specify a username with sufficient privileges to use network shares unless you run Zope under a different account.