Can't exec "/usr/bin/gconftool" when starting ebox daemon

[Craig Magina]

Binary package hint: ebox

This is the complete message:

Can't exec "/usr/bin/gconftool": No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/GConfModule.pm line 125.
Error while restoring configuration from /var/lib/ebox/conf/events.bak%

This is what I get after performing an upgrade from Gutsy Server to Hardy beta Server and re-installing ebox since it got removed during the upgrade. The system has /usr/bin/gconftool2.

I'll attach the ebox logs.

[Javier Uruen Val (juruen)]

It seems that in a fresh install of Hardy "/usr/bin/gconftool " is provided as a symlink by update-alternatives of /usr/bin/gcontool-2.

As a temporary workaround, creating a symlink from gconftool-2 to gconftool and reinstalling eBox should solve the issue.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Confirming based on mailing list report:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2008-May/001515.html

[Javier Uruen Val (juruen)]

Next upstream release will fix this.

There's no reason why eBox shoudn't use gconftool-2 instead of gconftool.

http://trac.ebox-platform.com/changeset?old_path=trunk&old=10403&new_path=trunk&new=10403

[.Ru (vodarus)]

On my system this issue make strange thing - ebox configuration scripts ignoring default port.

I set 444, but ebox starting on 443. And 443 written in config files under /var/lib/ebox/ ...

[.Ru (vodarus)]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=804125