Apparently the installer chmod's the following directories:
/etc/e-smith/web/functions
/etc/e-smith/web/panels
so that they are not readable or executable anymore. I simply did this:
chmod ug+rx /etc/e-smith/web/functions
chmod ug+rx /etc/e-smith/web/panels
and that fixed the immediate problem.
But there may be other issues I am not aware of also.
Bret