Dave, this is the exception (in the server log I gave you) that I was referring to. Is this still caused by an environmental issue?
2004-02-19 14:19:07,132 ERROR [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] Could not execute action
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceActionSupport.isPermitted(ConfluenceActionSupport.java:96)
at com.atlassian.confluence.security.actions.PermissionCheckInterceptor.intercept(PermissionCheckInterceptor.java:36)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:37)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:37)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:37)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:37)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:182)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:162)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.evermind.server.http.ResourceFilterChain.doFilter(ResourceFilterChain.java:65)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:129)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.parsePage(ProfilingPageFilter.java:36)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:61)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:16)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:161)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:20)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:181)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:20)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:96)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:20)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:100)
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.SpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(SpringSessionInViewFilter.java:32)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:57)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:20)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:20)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:38)
at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:556)
at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:306)
at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.processRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:767)
at com.evermind.server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:148)
at com.evermind.server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:72)
at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(PooledExecutor.java:732)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
For the record, the original problem described was:
A user in a group with the "Create Space" global permission (but not "Administer Confluence") can see the "edit space look and feel" link on the space summary, but when clicking on it, gets this error.