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Description of problem:
Applet does not appear in the panel on a new install of RHEL 3AS U2. 
It  does not start when launched from the menu.  When I try to launch
it from the terminal window, I get:

$ rhn-applet-gui
/home/millerte was not found, creating
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui", line 47, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui", line 43, in main
    applet = rhn_applet.rhnApplet()
  File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_applet.py", line 180, in
__init__
    self.consent = rhn_utils.get_user_config('Consent')
  File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_utils.py", line 95, in
get_user_config
    user_config_obj.init()
  File "/usr/bin/../share/rhn/rhn_applet/rhn_utils.py", line 78, in init
    self.save()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/config.py", line 183, in save
    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.fileName),0757)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/os.py", line 204, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/millerte'

Since this was launch from a graphical login under the millerte
account, /home/millerte clearly exists (as it admits at the end).

Even the root account has this problem when launching the '-tui'
version of this software.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.0.12-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install RHEL 3AS via kickstart from a RHN Satellite server
2.  Try to start program under graphical or text login


Additional info:

$ rpm -qa | grep up2date
up2date-gnome-4.2.33-1
up2date-4.2.33-1
$ rpm -q python
python-2.2.3-5
$ rpm -q rhn-applet
rhn-applet-2.0.12-1