cannot change any /system/administrator options, even logged in as root

[triplesquarednine]

TS9 here,

after a few days, and slowly fixing issues i am/was having
i still cannot change any /system/administrator menu options in gnome...EVEN logged in as "root"..

i don't even have the option of "unlocking" the menu so that i can make changes - Is this normal???

it just doesn't seem right to me...

the only way i was even able to change the time, was to use sysinstall...

is there some configuration somewhere on the system that can change this, so i can use those menu's and the unlock function???

im coming from a linux/solaris/Mac background where this
has never been an issue...

any help is greatly appreciated...

thanx

[dennylin93]

When I click on something under System/Administration, there is a button on the new windows that says "Unlock". This should be what you're looking for.

[triplesquarednine]

thanx for the reply,

but as i said above i cannot use the unlock function.
any of those menus are "greyed out". i have clicked on the unlock function, it does nothing as it is greyed out..

thanx anway!

[SirDice]

I'm assuming you're using Gnome?

Make sure hal and dbus are running, then start Gnome via GDM.

GDM will make sure PolicyKit/ConsoleKit is set up. Then you should be able to access the administration tools.

[dennylin93]

I remember that I also had the same issue when I used GNOME.

I enabled hald, dbus, and mounted proc. Not sure which of them did it, but now I'm able to use the unlock button.

In /etc/rc.conf (for hald, dbus, and gdm):

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"

The lines above can also be done by adding gnome_enable="YES" instead.

In /etc/fstab (for proc):

proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0

[triplesquarednine]

i do have that all setup, doesn't make a difference,
but i am going to add the lines below your post to
my fstab... as they are not present currently..
(fingers crossed)

[triplesquarednine]

i added the "proc" lines to my fstab, i will let you know if that works or not..

cheerz

[triplesquarednine]

so i got distracted,

but i still never resolved this issue, i even re-installed the OS. i still cannot unlock or change anything...

actually, it's not greyed out anymore but if i click on unlock it does nothing, or in certain menus like users and groups it freezes. then i have to force guit the app to get it off the screen....

i might ditch gnome...

use xfce4 instead. gconf in bsd seems to be a bit screwy..