cant save settings settings

[alex9025]

Hello,
I'm pretty new to FreeBSD
so I'm pretty sure I didnt confiure something properly.
The thing is once Gnome starts and I login and try to change any system setting, they dont get saved.
e.x: I try to add a new user, System->Administration->Users and Groups, from there I add a new user click "ok" and close the window. then I open it again and the new user is gone. Creating a user group seems to work tho.
any help would be appreciated

[graudeejs]

do you have root power?
you can easel y do this in console
$ adduser[code]
as root
to get root permissions, you need to install and configure sudo and type sudo adduser, or use [code]$ su to become root.
if you use sude you will be asked to enter your password
if you use su you will be asked to enter root password

[alex9025]

well I tried to login as root into gnome to see if it would work but no luck... I'll try doing it thru the console.
but I was wondering why it doesnt save the new user, in the GUI when loged as root

Edit
Well I tried doing it thru the console "adduser"
and it gave me an error
adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (test).
this is while loged in as root

[graudeejs]

perhaps your filesystems configuration file permissions are corrupt, and are set to read only.

don't start gnome as root it's security risk.
Rather use console and su to change to root.

show output of

ls -l /etc

[alex9025]

here is the output (btw its a fresh install v7)

localhost# ls -l /etc
total 548
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 14:31 X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 12 Nov 29 13:34 aliases -> mail/aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 210 Feb 24 2008 amd.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1234 Feb 24 2008 apmd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 231 Feb 24 2008 auth.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 bluetooth
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 737 Feb 24 2008 crontab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 108 Feb 24 2008 csh.cshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 481 Feb 24 2008 csh.login
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 110 Feb 24 2008 csh.logout
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 defaults
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9138 Feb 24 2008 devd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2071 Feb 24 2008 devfs.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 267 Feb 24 2008 dhclient.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5704 Feb 24 2008 disktab
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root operator 0 Feb 24 2008 dumpdates
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 142 Feb 24 2008 fbtab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2272 Feb 24 2008 freebsd-update.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 241 Nov 29 13:30 fstab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 251 Feb 24 2008 ftpusers
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6122 Feb 24 2008 gettytab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 gnats
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Nov 29 15:57 group
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 gss
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 46 Nov 29 14:29 host.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 37 Nov 29 14:28 hostid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1085 Feb 24 2008 hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3346 Feb 24 2008 hosts.allow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 111 Feb 24 2008 hosts.equiv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 99 Feb 24 2008 hosts.lpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5129 Nov 29 14:15 inetd.conf
drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 isdn
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 229 Feb 24 2008 libalias.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1267 Nov 29 14:16 localtime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 642 Feb 24 2008 locate.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1847 Feb 24 2008 login.access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6766 Feb 24 2008 login.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 16384 Feb 24 2008 login.conf.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 564 Feb 24 2008 mac.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 14:14 mail
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 106 Feb 24 2008 mail.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 74 Nov 29 14:03 make.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1159 Nov 29 14:03 manpath.config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1018 Nov 29 14:02 manpath.config.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 946 Feb 24 2008 manpath.config.bak.xorg
-rw------- 1 root wheel 1834 Nov 29 15:24 master.passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1114 Nov 29 14:29 motd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 mtree
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 23 Nov 29 13:34 namedb -> ../var/named/etc/namedb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 783 Feb 24 2008 netconfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2333 Feb 24 2008 netstart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 19771 Feb 24 2008 network.subr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 365 Feb 24 2008 networks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1947 Feb 24 2008 newsyslog.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 293 Feb 24 2008 nscd.conf
-rw------- 1 root wheel 1701 Feb 24 2008 nsmb.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 313 Feb 24 2008 nsswitch.conf
drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Feb 24 2008 ntp
-rw------- 1 root wheel 432 Feb 24 2008 opieaccess
-rw------- 1 root wheel 0 Nov 29 14:29 opiekeys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 pam.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1638 Nov 29 15:24 passwd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2352 Feb 24 2008 pccard_ether
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Feb 24 2008 periodic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 28375 Feb 24 2008 pf.os
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 233 Feb 24 2008 phones
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1363 Feb 24 2008 portsnap.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 ppp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2058 Feb 24 2008 printcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 619 Feb 24 2008 profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6081 Feb 24 2008 protocols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 40960 Nov 29 15:24 pwd.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3744 Feb 24 2008 rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4606 Feb 24 2008 rc.bsdextended
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 621 Nov 29 15:43 rc.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 602 Nov 29 15:40 rc.conf~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2560 Nov 29 13:34 rc.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13343 Feb 24 2008 rc.firewall
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9466 Feb 24 2008 rc.firewall6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11411 Feb 24 2008 rc.initdiskless
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2313 Feb 24 2008 rc.resume
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5785 Feb 24 2008 rc.sendmail
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3304 Feb 24 2008 rc.shutdown
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 35973 Feb 24 2008 rc.subr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2282 Feb 24 2008 rc.suspend
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2387 Feb 24 2008 remote
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23 Nov 29 14:29 resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23 Nov 29 14:29 resolv.conf.save
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 13 Nov 29 13:34 rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1674 Feb 24 2008 rpc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 security
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 83028 Feb 24 2008 services
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 258 Nov 29 17:01 shells
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 24 2008 skel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2406 Feb 24 2008 snmpd.config
-rw------- 1 root wheel 40960 Nov 29 15:24 spwd.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 14:29 ssh
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 29 13:34 ssl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 367 Feb 24 2008 sysctl.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1335 Feb 24 2008 syslog.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 23 Nov 29 13:34 termcap -> /usr/share/misc/termcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13033 Feb 24 2008 ttys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 24 2008 zfs