Default configuration files - permissions problem?

[Derek Atkins]

Well, I would have made the permissions more 664, not 666.  *shrugs*
Um, run gnucash under strace and see what's failing?

-derek

Quoting Brad Milne <mail_4brad at yahoo.co.uk>:

> Thanks for the fast reply Derek
>
> I changed the perms on /etc/gnucash/config now...
>
>
> $ cat etc/gnucash/config
> ;;; -*-scheme-*-
>
> ;; Sample system-wide config file.  At the moment, it's empty.
>
> $ ls -l gnucash/
> total 8
> -rw-rw-rw-  1 root  admin  82  6 Feb 12:07 config
>
> But I still get the same messages. I've already tried fixing the permissions
> and reinstalled gnucash. One slight variation from the norm is that I am
> running this on a Mac using fink (on which it normally runs really well!).
>
> Thanks
> Brad
>
>
> On 3/21/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Brad Milne <mail_4brad at yahoo.co.uk>:
>>
>> > I messed with my permissions across my whole machine (long story - and
>> long
>> > night!), but now I think I've got them back pretty much as they should
>> be.
>> > But, when I try to run gnucash now I get two error boxes, one saying:
>> >
>> > <box>
>> > Cannot find default values
>> > The configuration data used to specify default values for GnuCash cannot
>> be
>> > found in the default system locations....
>> > </box>
>>
>> This would be /etc/gnucash/config
>>
>> > and the other:
>> >
>> > <box>
>> > An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for
>> > gnucash. Some of your configuration settings may not work properly.
>> > </box>
>>
>> This MIGHT be gconf-related..
>>
>> >> From what I've been able to find out, it looks like a gconf problem
>> (?). I
>> > can set the default values again using the wizard it prompts to use, but
>> > then I get exactly the same messages again next time I start up.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>> Fix your permissions?  Or better yet, reinstall?
>>
>> > Thanks
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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>>
>



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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available