zenmap - No such file or directory: '/usr/share/zenmap/config'

[drew bodker <dbodker () txrxio net>]

Hello, 

On fresh installs of Ubuntu 9.10, zenmap launch fails with the following
error:

Error creating the per-user configuration directory

There was an error creating the directory u'/home/username/.zenmap' or
one of the files in it. The directory is created by copying the contents
of '/usr/share/zenmap/config'. The specific error was

"[Errno 2] "

Zenmap needs to create this directory to store information such as the
list of scan profiles. Check for access to the directory and try again.
--------------------------

I see a thread was started here:
http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q4/326 but Davids questions weren't
answered.  

I do not have a distro supplied version installed on these machines. All
installs are fresh from svn. Machines that were upgraded via the Update
Manager do not exhibit this behavior.  The error happens on both 32 and
64 bit machines.

--First post to the list.  Nice talking to everyone. Looking forward to
helping where I can.

Cheers,

Drew





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