fs-setup problem

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I am running redhat6.0, perl 5.005, mysql, and dbi(1.11) dbd(1.22). I
run fs-setup enter max username length and the parmeters for RADIUS. It 
bombs out with a error message:

Freeside tracks the RADIUS attributes User-Name, Password and
Framed-IP-Address for each user.  Enter any additional RADIUS attributes
you need to track for each user, separated by whitespace.:

Can't open /usr/local/etc/freeside/dbdef.DBI:mysql:freeside: Permission
denied at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/FS/dbdef.pm line 87, <STDIN> chunk 2.

Any help will be much appreciated!