Administering user accounts

Troubleshooting the Account Manager

Most error messages displayed by the Account Manager are self-explanatory. In other cases, the error message will be generic, for example:

   Unable to create new user account: name

Error boxes of this type include a Details button to provide you with additional information. The problems reported fall into these categories:

Illegal specification for a user or group attribute
Remote administration problem
Missing or corrupted database files

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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003