UserManager.app dies

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3 total messages Started by Eric 'Bird' Fortune Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:37

#1262

Author: Eric 'Bird' Fortune
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:37

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UserManager.app does not work but nu does work.  

I can launch UserManager as root, but when I try to modify or create 
accounts, the app dies.  If I try to launch UserManager when logged in 
as a non-priveledged user, the app dies before even displaying the panel 
that asks for the root password.

Since I don't know what is wrong, I am thinking about replacing the 
/etc/netinfo/local.nidb with the version in /usr/template... (as
is suggested in the manual and in NeXTanswers).  Perhaps the local.nidb
is not the source of the problem... (any ideas??)

There are only a few accounts on my machine - what will replacing
the local.nidb folder do to these accounts?  To my printer and FAX/modem
setup?  What do the files in local.nidb do anyway?

BTW NetInfoManager works but HostManager does not (dies right after
launching).

Thanks in advance,

- eric fortune
fo6r@midway.uchicago.edu
no NeXTmail

Re: UserManager.app dies

#1832

Author: Randy J. Nelson
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:20

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In article <1992Nov11.043737.724@midway.uchicago.edu>  
fo6r@ellis.uchicago.edu (Eric 'Bird' Fortune) writes:
> 
> UserManager.app does not work but nu does work.  
> 
> I can launch UserManager as root, but when I try to modify or create 
> accounts, the app dies.  If I try to launch UserManager when logged in 
> as a non-priveledged user, the app dies before even displaying the panel 
> that asks for the root password.
> 
> Since I don't know what is wrong, I am thinking about replacing the 
> /etc/netinfo/local.nidb with the version in /usr/template... (as
> is suggested in the manual and in NeXTanswers).  Perhaps the local.nidb
> is not the source of the problem... (any ideas??)
> 
> There are only a few accounts on my machine - what will replacing
> the local.nidb folder do to these accounts?  To my printer and FAX/modem
> setup?  What do the files in local.nidb do anyway?
> 
> BTW NetInfoManager works but HostManager does not (dies right after
> launching).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> - eric fortune
> fo6r@midway.uchicago.edu
> no NeXTmail
> 

    In UserManager under the beta version of NextSTEP 3.0, if you choose  
"User Record / Open User ..."  and the directory that is specified as the  
GroupHome in /etc/nu.cf did not exist, UserManager dieds immediately.  I  
don't know if this is still the case under the new NS3.0, but I would  
suggest checking to make sure that the directory specified in /etc/nu.cf  
for GroupHome and is an existing directory, and if not,  change it to an  
existing directory.


--
 -Randy Nelson
  Workstation Support Manager
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Email: Randy.Nelson@Rose-Hulman.Edu

Fujitsu 525MB HD... coming soon.

#1845

Author: MATIS stephane
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:42

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I have a Fujitsu 525 coming my way soon ... (3-5 days).

Is ther anything I should know, other than power down NeXT, plug cable,
turn on NeXT, let it format it ... done ?

 Thank you... Please E-Mail or point to FAQ on this particular drive.


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