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

T

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
 
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!
 
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.
 
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):
Code: 
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):
Code: 
proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0
 
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)
 
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..
 
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