[389-users] GUI errors when viewing replication agreements

[Rich Megginson]

On 08/28/2012 09:23 AM, Wes Hardin wrote:
> When viewing replication agreements in the 389-console (under the Configuration
> tab, Replication, userRoot), the first time I select each replication agreement,
> I am greeted by an error window titled "Insufficient Permissions" stating "The
> user cn=root does not have the permission to perform this operation."

That should have been fixed, although I can't seem to find the ticket.

>
> cn=root is my directory manager account.  I am not trying to make any changes, I
> get this error simply by selecting the agreement so I can view it and check the
> status.  I can click OK to acknowledge the error and then I am prompted to login
> again.  I can hit cancel and continue navigating, but if I attempt to make any
> change in this area, the "Save" button does not activate to let me do so.  I can
> use the Directory tab and navigate down through cn=config tree and change the
> agreement entries via the normal property editor window.  I can also delete the
> agreement from the Configuration tab.
>
> I'm using 389-console 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 on Kubuntu 12.04, but I have colleagues who
> run the 389-console from the server (389-console-1.1.7-3.el5.noarch) and see the
> same error.
>
> These are the packages on the server, which is CentOS 5.7:
> # rpm -qa 389-\*
> 389-admin-1.1.29-1.el5.x86_64
> 389-console-1.1.7-3.el5.noarch
> 389-ds-base-libs-1.2.10.4-5.el5.x86_64
> 389-admin-console-1.1.8-1.el5.noarch
> 389-ds-base-devel-1.2.10.4-5.el5.x86_64
> 389-ds-base-1.2.10.4-5.el5.x86_64
> 389-ds-console-1.2.6-1.el5.noarch
> 389-ds-console-doc-1.2.6-1.el5.noarch
> 389-adminutil-1.1.15-1.el5.x86_64
> 389-admin-console-doc-1.1.8-1.el5.noarch
> 389-adminutil-devel-1.1.15-1.el5.x86_64
>
> While troubleshooting replication a while back, I lost all my replication
> agreements and recreated them all from the CLI using some instructions I found
> for RHDS.  I don't recall if this error occurred before that or not.  If I
> delete and re-create the agreement through the GUI, I do not get this error when
> selecting that same agreement, even after restarting the GUI.
So if you create the agreements via the CLI, the console gives an error 
when you try to edit the agreements, but when you create the agreements 
via the console, the console will allow you to edit the agreements?