If the first doesn't work then maybe this will.
Found this on
http://www.minddigger.com Login with putty as root.
Then enther the following four commands:
chmod 550 /etc/e-smith/web/panels/
chmod 550 /etc/e-smith/web/functions/
chmod 550 /etc/e-smith/web/common/
chmod 755 /etc/e-smith/events/actions/
I believe this'll works on post SME 5.0 versions, haven't tried it though. Maybe though I'm giving you some terrible advise.

So use at your own risk.
And if you want to read up on it you might try visiting minddigger, its in Dutch so maybe not for you.
Regards,
Jan