The configuration could not be loaded

[Wietse Koopmans]

Binary package hint: gnome

After upgrading to Edgy from Dapper, I noticed the following problem in the System->Administration menu:

For the entries:

    * Networking
    * Services
    * Shared Folders
    * Time and Date
    * Users and Groups

I got an error message stating that "The configuration could not be loaded"

After examining the menu entries with alacarte, I found that the commands, e.g. 'network-admin' are called without the gksu command.

[Pawel (dawajpoczte-gmail)]

This msg. apperars also when you click left button on the clock applet and choose date/time prefs.
On every user account even on the first time created user durning instalation.

Best regards
Pawel

[Enrico Sardi (enricoss)]

I can confirm this bug. Moreover it's possible to share a folder in "Shared Folders" without the root password...it's not so safe...

Bye

Enrico

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for your bug report. First of all: not using 'gksu' is not a problem - only users of the admin group can use it. However the "The configuration could not be loaded" message is a problem. Can you start 'time-admin' from the command line and see if there is any output?

[Tom Verdaat (tom-verdaat)]

There is no output. just the pop-up with the "The configuration could not be loaded, You are not allowed to access the system configuration." message.

I'm running the user that was created during the installation. It worked fine under dapper, but not under edgy. This user is in the groups:

$ cat /etc/group |grep tom
adm:x:4:tom
dialout:x:20:tom,cupsys
cdrom:x:24:tom,hal,haldaemon
floppy:x:25:tom,hal,haldaemon
audio:x:29:tom
dip:x:30:tom
video:x:44:tom
plugdev:x:46:tom,hal,haldaemon
tom:x:1000:
lpadmin:x:104:tom
scanner:x:105:tom,cupsys,hplip

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

you need to be member of the admin group, that's a duplicate of bug #59946