[OpenAFS] UserAuthenticate: ptserver: user or group desnt exist

[Derek Atkins]

"Rogelio Bazan Reyes" <rogbazan@hotmail.com> writes:

> thanx,
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> i get:
> >$pts examine user1
> >pts: User or group doesnt exist so couldnt look up id for user1
> how can i check  if the entry exists in the PTServer database? (Sorry
> about the question, but i=B4m a new user of afs).

You just did check.  The entry is NOT in the PTServer database.
So, you need to "pts createuser" to add this user to the PTServer
database.

> thanx a lot for answering.

-derek

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> >From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
> >To: "Rogelio Bazan Reyes" <rogbazan@hotmail.com>
> >CC: openafs-info@openafs.org
> > Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] UserAuthenticate: ptserver: user or group
> > desnt exist
> >Date: 02 Jan 2003 22:04:57 -0500
> >
> >What do you get from:
> >         pts examine user1
> >
> >It sounds like you're not in the PTServer database.
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >"Rogelio Bazan Reyes" <rogbazan@hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi, i have the next problem with a user account:
> > >
> > > when i try to get tokens for that user, i get the next error:
> > > $ klog user1
> > > Password:
> > > UserAuthenticate: ptserver: User or group desnt exist translating
> > > user1 to id
> > >
> > > If i try to display any info about the user account the error messages
> > > are the same:
> > >
> > > $ pts listowned user1
> > > pts: User or group doesnt exist so couldnt look up id for user1
> > >
> > > $pts examine user1
> > > pts: User or group doesnt exist so couldnt look up id for user1
> > >
> > > $pts rename user1 user1
> > > pts: User or group doesnt exist; unable to change  name of user1
> > to user1
> > >
> > > However, if i seek the user account into newacct file i can see it:
> > > $grep user1 /afs/.mycell/common/uss/newacct
> > > user1:X:9503:100:John
> > > Smith:/afs/mycell/usr19/user1:/afs/mycell/sys/usr/gnu/bash
> > >
> > > Could you help me with this problem?
> > >
> > > thanx a lot.
> > >
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord@MIT.EDU                        PGP key available