[horde] Cannot add any permission

[Otto Stolz]

Hello,

I had written:
> I am testing Horde: 3.1.2 + Imp H3 (4.1.2) + Turba H3 (2.1.3).
>
> I have logged in as a Horde administrator, and invoked the Permissions
> menu. There is only one entry, viz. "All Permissions".
> If I click on the little key icon next to it, I get the error message:
> "Invalid parent permission.", and nothing happens.
> 
> Now I have tried to debug the horde/admin/prefs/addchild.php file.
> After
>> require_once HORDE_BASE . '/lib/Horde/Variables.php';
>> $vars = &Variables::getDefaultVariables();
>> $perm_id = $vars->get('perm_id');
>> $permission = &$perms->getPermissionById($perm_id);
> the $perm_id variable contains "-1",
> and $permission is an object.
> 
> As I do not know, how these permissions work, I cannot assess
> these findings.
> - Is "-1" the correct perm-id for the root of the permissions tree?
> - What sort of object is &$perms->getPermissionById($perm_id)
>   supposed to yield?
> 
> horde/admin/prefs/addchild.php proceeds to assess that outcome:
> it evaluates
>> if (is_a($permission, 'PEAR_Error'))
> -- and bang!

Chuck Hagenbuck has asked:
> "bang"? 

In this case, I meant "bang" = "as described above",
i. e. (is_a($permission, 'PEAR_Error') apparently evalutes to true,
so I get that error message described above.

And, as I also had written,
> There is no pertinent entry in php-error.log, apache-error.log,
> test-webmail-error.log, test-webmail-ssl-error.log, nor in
> test-webmail-horde.log. 

So what should I try next in order do to render read-only
my 'localldap' addressbook?

Best wishes,
   Otto Stolz